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The adaptive significance of dark plumage for birds in desert environments

J. M. Ward, Auteur ; J. D. Blount, Auteur ; G. D. Ruxton, Auteur ; D. C. Houston, Auteur

Dans Ardea (90(2) FAL 2002)

Since Buxton's (1923) observation that many animals inhabiting desert environments exhibit black pelage, various hypotheses have been proposed to explain the evolutionary origins of this phenomenon. In this review, these hypotheses are examined [...]

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