The Adaptive Significance of Coloration in Mammals
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- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 55 (2), 125-136
- https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[0125:tasoci]2.0.co;2
Abstract
Coloration is a diagnostic tool for identifying mammals, but inquiry into its function has lain dormant for almost a century. Recently, the topic hasKeywords
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