Functional ecological implications of intraspecific differences in wing melanization in Colias butterflies

By Jacintha Ellers, C. Boggs. 2004

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Subfields: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics

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Testing the thermal melanism hypothesis: a macrophysiological approach (2008, background): “Several authors have argued that low reflectance should therefore be beneficial to animals inhabiting cold regions (Watt 1968; Ellers & Boggs 2004), whereas high reflectance should provide an advantage to inhabitants of warm environments by absorbing less solar radiation and precluding lethal…”
Variation in thermally induced melanism in monarch butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from three North American populations (2005, background): “…variation in wing pigmentation as a result of adaptation to local environments has been demonstrated in a number of lepidopteran species (e.g. Berwaerts et al., 1998; Forister and Shapiro, 2003; Ellers and Boggs, 2004), with darker wing coloration generally associated with cooler environments.”
Exploring plastic and genetic responses to temperature variation using copper butterflies (2010, background): “…has been described in variety of insects (e.g. Ellers & Boggs 2002, Espeland et al. 2007, Pool & Aquadro 2007, Rajpurohit et al. 2008), and the associated thermal benefits, e.g. facilitating flight at suboptimal temperatures, are well established (e.g. Ellers & Boggs 2004, Stoehr & Goux 2008).”
Ant assemblages have darker and larger members in cold environments (2016, unknown): “…evidence suggests that the thermoregulatory role of colour in ectotherms may scale consistently to: (1) influence the success of individuals (e.g. Ellers & Boggs, 2004), (2) shape assemblage structure (this study) and (3) determine which species are present in the wider regional pool (e.g. Zeuss…”
Thermal melanism in ectotherms (2007, unknown): “, 1996; Pereboom and Biesmeijer, 2003) and field conditions (e.g. Watt, 1968; Willmer and Unwin, 1981; Roland, 1982; Kingsolver, 1987; Turner and Lombard, 1990; Forsman, 1997; Ellers and Boggs, 2004) as well as for a handful of reptile species (Gibson and Falls, 1979; Forsman, 1995a; Bittner et al.”