Environment drives color pattern polymorphism in sand lizards beyond the Gloger's rule
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081766%3A_____%2F23%3A00574577" target="_blank" >RIV/68081766:_____/23:00574577 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/23:00131770
Result on the web
<a href="https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jzo.13097" target="_blank" >https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jzo.13097</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzo.13097" target="_blank" >10.1111/jzo.13097</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Environment drives color pattern polymorphism in sand lizards beyond the Gloger's rule
Original language description
Species color and color pattern vary geographically contributing to environmental tolerance of the species to the fluctuating climate. In a constantly changing environment, the population remains polymorphic, when individuals that are not acclimated to the current environment can survive adverse time periods. Factors influencing color morph frequencies in populations affect spatial variation through local adaptation, which is in turn linked to large-scale environmental gradients. The influence of environmental factors has not been adequately studied in many polymorphic organisms where the influence of sexual selection on the persistence of polymorphisms is widely recognized. We hypothesized that different color morphs of sand lizard are distributed throughout the Palearctic depending on different environmental conditions. The goal of this study was to examine if the range of morph composition in a color polymorphic lizard can be explained by geographic and climatic variation in the Palearctic. We used publicly available data on sand lizard occurrence from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility and environmental variables from WorldClim and SEDAC databases. We categorized sand lizards' photos to 10 discrete color morphs based on color and color pattern variation. We predicted the color morph distribution using maximum entropy models. We found that variations in morph distributions were mostly related to temperature seasonality, precipitation, elevation, and anthropogenic activities. Our findings support the relationship between environmental conditions and color morph distribution, implying that environmental selection acts differently on color morphs, most likely in conjunction with sexual selection.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF17_043%2F0009632" target="_blank" >EF17_043/0009632: CETOCOEN Excellence</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Zoology
ISSN
0952-8369
e-ISSN
1469-7998
Volume of the periodical
321
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
142-155
UT code for WoS article
001022799300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85164526935