Abstract:Local adaptation to annually changing environments has evolved in
numerous species. Seasonal coat colour change is an adaptation that has
evolved in multiple mammal and bird species occupying areas that
experience seasonal snow cover. It has a critical impact on fitness as
predation risk may increase when an individual is mismatched against its
habitat’s background colour. In this paper we investigate the impact of
landscape covariates on moult timing in a native winter-adapted
herbivore, the mountain hare (Le… Show more
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