Pigmentation plasticity enhances crypsis in larval newts: associated metabolic cost and background choice behaviour

HIGHLIGHTS

  • who: Nuria Polo-Cavia from the DepartmentUniversidad Autónoma de Spain Ecology, Evolution, and Development Group, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC. , Seville, Spain. have published the article: Pigmentation plasticity enhances crypsis in larval newts: associated metabolic cost and background choice behaviour, in the Journal: Scientific Reports Scientific Reports

SUMMARY

    Skin pigmentation of larvae in light, high-reflecting microhabitats decreased by 68% on average, whereas it increased by 347% on average in dark, low-reflecting microhabitats (F3,56=​ 75.81, p and amp;lt;​ 0.0001; Fig 1). At the beginning of the experiment . . .

     

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