Collaborative Research: BoCP-Implementation: Functional Biodiversity on a Changing Planet Through the Lens of Seasonal Camouflage

Camouflage is one of the most widespread and most important adaptations in the animal kingdom. In seasonal environments, many bird and mammal species (e.g., snowshoe hares, short-tailed weasels, willow ptarmigans) change from brown in summer to white in winter to stay camouflaged against snow. But due to environmental variability, these seasonally…