A private ultraviolet channel in visual communication

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1518, 2003, Pages 897-904

  Cummings, Molly E ^a   Rosenthal, Gil G ^b   Ryan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Astyanax; Poeciliidae; Private communication; Visual communication; Xiphophorus

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; FISH; PREDATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY; MALE; MEXICO; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES COMPARISON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION; XIPHOPHORUS;

ANIMALIA; ASTYANAX; ASTYANAX MEXICANUS; POECILIIDAE; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS MALINCHE; XIPHOPHORUS NIGRENSIS;

EID: 0037689442     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2334     Document Type: Article

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