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Water loss in tree weta ( Hemideina ): adaptation to the montane environment and a test of the melanisation–desiccation resistance hypothesis

Keith J. King, Brent J. Sinclair
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2015) 218 (13): 1995–2004.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.118711
Published: 1 July 2015
... and Hemideina thoracica ) and montane ( Hemideina maori and Hemideina ricta ) species. H. maori has both melanic and yellow morphs. We use these weta to test two hypotheses: that montane insects lose water more slowly than lowland species, and that cuticular water loss rates are lower in darker insects than...
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Significance of a basal melanin layer to production of non-iridescent structural plumage color: evidence from an amelanotic Steller's jay( Cyanocitta stelleri )

Matthew D. Shawkey, Geoffrey E. Hill
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2006) 209 (7): 1245–1250.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.02115
Published: 1 April 2006
..., Ecosystem Science Division, 137 Mulford Hall#3114, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3114 (e-mail: [email protected] ) 19 1 2006 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 melanism sexual selection Fourier analysis feather Steller's jay Cyanocitta stelleri...
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Differences in Thermal Balance, Body Temperature and Activity Between Non-Melanic and Melanic Two-Spot Ladybird Beetles ( Adalia Bipunctata ) Under Controlled Conditions

Peter W. De Jong, Sander W. S. Gussekloo, Paul M. Brakefield
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (1996) 199 (12): 2655–2666.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.199.12.2655
Published: 1 December 1996
...Peter W. De Jong; Sander W. S. Gussekloo; Paul M. Brakefield ABSTRACT The consequences of the elytral colour difference between non-melanic (red) and melanic (black) two-spot ladybirds for their thermal properties were studied by applying and testing a biophysical model. The expected differential...
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