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Keywords: Thermal melanism hypothesis
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J Exp Biol (2016) 219 (8): 1162–1171.
Published: 15 April 2016
.... For example, in colder environments, animals tend to be larger and to show higher thermal inertia, as proposed by Bergmann's rule and the heat balance hypothesis (HBH). Additionally, dark coloration increases solar radiation absorption and should accelerate heat gain (thermal melanism hypothesis, TMH). We...
Includes: Supplementary data