The influence of stimulus and background colour on signal visibility in the lizard Anolis cristatellus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1559-1575

  Fleishman, Leo J ^a   Persons, Matthew ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis cristatellus; Colour; Communication; Dewlap; Lizard; Motion; Signal; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; LIZARD; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OPTICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA CONE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISION;

ANIMALS; COLOR; CONES (RETINA); ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; LIGHT; LINEAR MODELS; LIZARDS; MALE; MOVEMENT; OPTICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; VISION;

ANIMALIA; ANOLIS; ANOLIS CRISTATELLUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0035745116     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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