Adaptive significance of coat colouration and patterns of Sciuromorpha (Rodentia). Issue 3 (4th May 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Adaptive significance of coat colouration and patterns of Sciuromorpha (Rodentia). Issue 3 (4th May 2017)
- Main Title:
- Adaptive significance of coat colouration and patterns of Sciuromorpha (Rodentia)
- Authors:
- Ancillotto, Leonardo
Mori, Emiliano - Abstract:
- Abstract : An analysis on the adaptive meaning of coat colouration and colour patterns in Sciuromorpha, a successful group within rodents, was carried out. We ran analyses with and without taking into account the phylogeny of Sciuromorpha, by building up a comprehensive phylogenetic tree based on the published literature, as well as by testing a number of hypotheses connecting coat colouration or patterns with eco-behavioural traits of this mammalian group. We found that coat characteristics in these rodents are mostly related to concealment, with associations between colouration/patterns and habitats where each species lives. Communication also seems to play a role in shaping colourations in Sciuromorpha, particularly concerning extremities, with conspicuous ear/face markings and tail patterns being associated with social species; a role for interspecific communication as an antipredatory strategy is also discussed for tail patterns. Thus, concealment seems to be the primary driving force shaping coat colours in Sciuromorpha, with social communication and regulation of physiological processes playing minor roles.
- Is Part Of:
- Ethology, ecology & evolution. Volume 29:Issue 3(2017)
- Journal:
- Ethology, ecology & evolution
- Issue:
- Volume 29:Issue 3(2017)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 29, Issue 3 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 29
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0029-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 241
- Page End:
- 254
- Publication Date:
- 2017-05-04
- Subjects:
- colour pattern -- rodents -- squirrels -- dormice -- phylogeny
Animal behavior -- Periodicals
Animal ecology -- Periodicals
Behavior evolution -- Periodicals
Behavior, Animal -- Periodicals
Ecology -- Periodicals
Biological Evolution -- Periodicals
Écologie animale -- Périodiques
Évolution du comportement -- Périodiques
Éthologie -- Périodiques
Animal behavior
Animal ecology
Behavior evolution
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591.5 - Journal URLs:
- http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/20334991.html ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/teee20/current ↗
http://www.unifi.it/unifi/dbag/eee/ ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/03949370.2016.1145146 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0394-9370
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