On the measurement and classification of colour in studies of animal colour patterns

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 315-352

  ENDLER, JOHN A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive colouration; anti predator tactics; aposematic colouration; colour classification; colour measurement; crypsis; mimicry; perception; protective colouration sexual selection; visual communication; visual predation

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; COLOUR; CRYPSIS;

EID: 0025658553     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1990.tb00839.x     Document Type: Article

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