id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_vrzbv3kv5bf4npcz4wye3oqvoq Aidan O'Hanlon Quantifying phenotype-environment matching in the protected Kerry spotted slug (Mollusca: Gastropoda) using digital photography: exposure to UV radiation determines cryptic colour morphs 2017.0 12 .pdf application/pdf 9196 819 60 Quantifying phenotype-environment matching in the protected Kerry spotted slug (Mollusca: Gastropoda) using digital photography: exposure to UV radiation determines cryptic colour morphs EU protected species, exhibits two distinct phenotypes: brown individuals occur in forested habitats whereas black Results: Analysis of digital images of wild slugs demonstrated that each colour morph is strongly and positively the black (bog) phenotype whereas slugs reared in darkness did not change colour. Keywords: Camouflage, Mollusc, Phenotypic plasticity, Pigmentation, UV radiation, Animal colouration, Digital Differences in gastropod colour morphs can also arise as adaptations to climatic selection where relatively darker (Allman) is unusual in that it appears to possess disruptive patterning as well as background-matching colouration which may provide different degrees of camouflage therefore used to examine whether the % volume fraction of black pigment differed significantly between UVirradiated and dark-reared slugs. was used to test whether juvenile slugs differed in reflectance of R, G and B colour scores at the beginning of ./cache/work_vrzbv3kv5bf4npcz4wye3oqvoq.pdf ./txt/work_vrzbv3kv5bf4npcz4wye3oqvoq.txt