Colour Cues for Leaf Food Selection by Long-Tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) with a New Suggestion for the Evolution of Trichromatic Colour Vision

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 139-152

  Lucas, P W ^a   Darvell, B W ^b   Lee, P K D ^b   Yuen, T D B ^b   Choong, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Dental Materials Science Unit

Author keywords

Colour vision; Evolution of trichromatic vision; Leaf coloration; Leaf selection; Leaf toughness; Macaques; Primates; Tropical leaves

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; PLANT;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; PLANTS, EDIBLE;

EID: 0000526383     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021576     Document Type: Article

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