Getting the Big Picture: BMC Ecology Image Competition Winners [Slide Show]
Monday, March 25, 2013 - 15:30
in Biology & Nature
Bright green doesn’t seem like the best choice for camouflage. But the image of a vibrant green stick insect, Timema poppensis, perched almost invisibly atop the matching leaves of its host, a coast redwood ( Sequoia sempervirens ), provides visual support to the idea that color is a key part of coevolution, an ecological process in which two or more species develop together. [More]