Ultraviolet vision and band-colour preferences in female zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1383-1392

  Hunt, Sarah ^a   Cuthill, Innes C ^c   Swaddle, John P ^b   Bennett, Andrew T D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; GALLIFORMES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0031458054     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0540     Document Type: Article

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