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Insect ecology

the spread of dark moth forms in polluted regions, explained in these experiments by bird predation favouring better-camouflaged forms.

In insect ecology, industrial melanism refers to the spread of dark moth forms in polluted regions, explained in these experiments by bird predation favouring better-camouflaged forms. This meaning comes from Kettlewell (1955) in Heredity.[1]

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Kettlewell, H. B. D. (1955). Selection experiments on industrial melanism in the Lepidoptera. Heredity, 9(3), 323-342. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1955.36

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