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Crypsis in a polymorphic mammal along an urbanization gradient

2024-12-12

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Urbanization transforms landscapes and alters visual environments for polymorphic species that rely on cryptic coloration for survival, potentially generating urban-rural clines in pigmentation. Such clines are evident in eastern gray squirrel (<italic>Sciurus carolinensis</italic>) populations, for which a melanic morph is currently more prevalent in cities but was historically more pr...

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Literature Corpus work: f6eaa0e3-c069-5d11-8957-00b0b6164639
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5462361/v1

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