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SUBMITTER: Zeuss D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4050276 | biostudies-other | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Zeuss Dirk D Brandl Roland R Brändle Martin M Rahbek Carsten C Brunzel Stefan S
Nature communications 20140527
Associations between biological traits of animals and climate are well documented by physiological and local-scale studies. However, whether an ecophysiological phenomenon can affect large-scale biogeographical patterns of insects is largely unknown. Insects absorb energy from the sun to become mobile, and their colouration varies depending on the prevailing climate where they live. Here we show, using data of 473 European butterfly and dragonfly species, that dark-coloured insect species are fa ...[more]