Is colour polymorphism advantageous to populations and species?

Colour Polymorphism Protects Prey Individuals and Populations Against Predation

(2016) Einat Karpestam et al.   Scientific Reports

Inter-individual variation promotes ecological success of populations and species: evidence from experimental and comparative studies

(2015) Anders Forsman et al.   ECOGRAPHY

The danger within: the role of genetic, behavioural and ecological factors in population persistence of colour polymorphic species

(2015) Peri E. Bolton et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Variable coloration is associated with dampened population fluctuations in noctuid moths

(2015) A. Forsman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Natural levels of colour polymorphism reduce performance of visual predators searching for camouflaged prey

(2014) Einat Karpestam et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Geographic variation in animal colour polymorphisms and its role in speciation

(2014) Claire A. McLean et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Rethinking phenotypic plasticity and its consequences for individuals, populations and species

(2014) A Forsman   HEREDITY

Sexual selection and genetic colour polymorphisms in animals

(2014) Maren Wellenreuther et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Evolution of increased phenotypic diversity enhances population performance by reducing sexual harassment in damselflies

(2014) Yuma Takahashi et al.   Nature Communications

Colour-variable birds have broader ranges, wider niches and are less likely to be threatened

(2013) K. Delhey et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Effects of genotypic and phenotypic variation on establishment are important for conservation, invasion, and infection biology

(2013) A. Forsman   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Colour-polymorphic snake species are older

(2012) LIGIA PIZZATTO et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Population-level consequences of polymorphism, plasticity and randomized phenotype switching: a review of predictions

(2012) Lena Wennersten et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Higher establishment success in more diverse groups of pygmy grasshoppers under seminatural conditions

(2012) Lena Wennersten et al.   ECOLOGY

A TEST OF THE HYPOTHESIS THAT CORRELATIONAL SELECTION GENERATES GENETIC CORRELATIONS

(2012) Derek A. Roff et al.   EVOLUTION

Variation in founder groups promotes establishment success in the wild

(2012) A. Forsman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

RAPID EVOLUTION OF FIRE MELANISM IN REPLICATED POPULATIONS OF PYGMY GRASSHOPPERS

(2011) Anders Forsman et al.   EVOLUTION

The influence of stochastic and selective forces in the population divergence of female colour polymorphism in damselflies of the genus Ischnura

(2011) R A Sánchez-Guillén et al.   HEREDITY

Colour polymorphism and correlated characters: genetic mechanisms and evolution

(2010) JEFFREY S. MCKINNON et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Diversity and Relatedness Enhance Survival in Colour Polymorphic Grasshoppers

(2010) Sofia Caesar et al.   PLoS One

Association of Coloration Mode with Population Declines and Endangerment in Australian Frogs

(2009) ANDERS FORSMAN et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Does colour polymorphism enhance survival of prey populations?

(2009) L. Wennersten et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

How much do genetic covariances alter the rate of adaptation?

(2009) A. F Agrawal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Doomed to die? Predicting extinction risk in the true hawks Accipitridae

(2008) O. Krüger et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

ASSOCIATIONS OF VARIABLE COLORATION WITH NICHE BREADTH AND CONSERVATION STATUS AMONG AUSTRALIAN REPTILES

(2008) Anders Forsman et al.   ECOLOGY

A MODEL OF ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY CONSEQUENCES OF COLOR POLYMORPHISM

(2008) Anders Forsman et al.   ECOLOGY