Melanism evolution in the cat family is influenced by intraspecific communication under low visibility

• Maurício Eduardo Graipel ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: graipel.me@gmail.com

  Affiliation Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5059-1919

  ⨯
• Juliano André Bogoni,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratório de Ecologia, Manejo e Conservação de Fauna Silvestre (LEMaC), Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

  ⨯
• Eduardo Luís Hettwer Giehl,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2042-5068

  ⨯
• Felipe O. Cerezer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Animal, CCNE, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  ⨯
• Nilton Carlos Cáceres,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departamento de Ecologia e Evolução, CCNE, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  ⨯
• Eduardo Eizirik

  Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Escola de Ciências da Saúde e da Vida, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  ⨯