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Insect ecology

the idea that darker ectotherms heat up faster and so gain an advantage in cool environments.

In insect ecology, thermal melanism refers to the idea that darker ectotherms heat up faster and so gain an advantage in cool environments. This meaning comes from Clusella Trullas (2007) in Journal of Thermal Biology.[1]

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Clusella Trullas, S., van Wyk, J. H., & Spotila, J. R. (2007). Thermal melanism in ectotherms. Journal of Thermal Biology, 32(5), 235-245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2007.01.013

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