Essays about: "decaying terrestrial leaves"

Found 1 essay containing the words decaying terrestrial leaves.

  1. 1. Does Asellus aquaticus change its pigmentation when given different types of food?

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Biologi

    Author : Angelica Weisner; [2019]
    Keywords : Asellus aquaticus; pigmentation; growth; phenotypic plasticity; stoneworts; decaying terrestrial leaves;

    Abstract : When an animal’s pigmentation matches the background across various types of environments, it is potentially an example of cryptic pigmentation, most likely as a response to natural selection by visually oriented predators. One example of cryptic pigmentation is phenotypic plasticity, meaning that an organism can exhibit different phenotypes in different environments. READ MORE