How will global change affect phenotypes? Ongoing debate about Gogler's rule and the evolution of thermal #melanism. #science #biology #ecology #globalchange #color #cryptism #camouflage
📄 Delhey et al. (2020) Why climate change should generally lead to lighter coloured animals. Current Biology 30:R1406–R1407 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.070

Martin Steven is an ecologist specialized in #camouflage and #cryptism in animal prey species. Here is a new study about plant cryptism as a response to human harvesting. #science #biology #ecology #botany predation #conservation
📄 Niu et al (2021) Commercial harvesting has driven the evolution of camouflage in an alpine plant. Current Biology http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.078

Sometimes the most beautiful colors are not to be seen : counter-intuitive case of #cryptism is iridescent #beetle. #science #biology #entomology #insect #aposematism #predation
📄 Kjernsmo et al. (2020) Iridescence as camouflage. Current Biology http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.12.013