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wing coloration — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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wing coloration

Scope: general ecology

Papers: 7 | Mentions: 7

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 71 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on wing coloration with 71 nodes and 159 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Lepidoptera, climatological variability, Climate Change Impacts.

Definition

The color patterns and hues on butterfly wings produced by interaction of light with pigments on the wing scales

Related Terms (11)

melanismwing melaninwing absorptivitysolar absorptivityabsorptivity αmelanization levelpigmentationwing colorwing hueswing coloration

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melanization

Publications (7)

Does an achromatic border alter color discrimination of male <i> Speyeria mormonia </i> butterflies during mate searching?

Color preference of Speyeria mormonia

Historical changes in thermoregulatory traits of alpine butterflies reveal complex ecological and evolutionary responses to recent climate change

2016Climate Change Responses

Climate variability slows evolutionary responses of <i>Colias</i> butterflies to recent climate change

2015Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences

Adaptation to climate and climate change in Rocky Mountain butterflies: Morphology, physiology, and behavior

The evolution of wing color: male mate choice opposes adaptive wing color divergence in <i>Colias</i> butterflies

The evolution of wing color in <i>Colias</i> butterflies: heritability, sex linkage, and population divergence

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