The flashy escape: support for dynamic flash coloration as anti-predator defence

S Silvasti, DJ Kemp, TE White… - Biology …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Dynamic flash coloration is a type of antipredator coloration where intermittently appearing
colour patterns in moving animals misdirect predator attacks by obscuring the precise …

Glossiness disrupts predator localisation of moving prey

AM Franklin, MR Brown, NJ Willmott - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Movement is the" enemy of camouflage", but most animals must move to find resources,
such as mates, food and shelter. Therefore, strategies that disrupt predator localization or …

Morpho butterfly flashiness crucially depends on wing scale curvature

J Sosa Espinosa, DG Stavenga… - Biology …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Morpho butterflies are widely known for their brilliant blue and flashy colours, which are
produced by intricate wing scale structures. Not all species display a vibrant structural …

The Functional Dilemma of Nectar Mimic Staminodes in Parnassia wightiana (Celastraceae): Attracting Pollinators and Florivorous Beetles

SJ Wen, S Chen, AR Rech, L Ji, H Wang… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
While floral signaling plays a central role in the reproductive success of all animal‐pollinated
plants, it may also attract herbivores eager to feed on flowers. False nectaries with glossy …

Visual ecology: How glossy colours shine and confuse

CJ van der Kooi, J Spaethe - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
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Genetic basis of an adaptive polymorphism controlling butterfly silver iridescence

L Livraghi, JJ Hanly, LS Loh, A Henry, CMT Keck… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Identifying the genes and mutations that drive phenotypic variation and which are subject to
selection is crucial for understanding evolutionary processes. Mormon Fritillary butterflies …

Synthesis of nature's extravaganza: an augmented meta-meta-analysis on (putative) sexual signals

P Pollo, M Lagisz, RC Macedo-Rego, A Mizuno… - 2024 - ecoevorxiv.org
Why have conspicuous characteristics evolved? Our augmented meta-meta-analysis of 41
meta-analyses, encompassing 375 animal species and 7,428 individual effect sizes, shows …