The effect of colour vision status on the detection and selection of fruits by tamarins (Saguinus spp.)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 3159-3165

  Smith, Andrew C ^a   Buchanan Smith, Hannah M ^a   Surridge, Alison K ^b   Osorio, Daniel ^c   Mundy, Nicholas I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dichromacy; Individual differences; Polymorphic colour vision; Saguinus; Sex differences; Tamarin; Trichromacy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; MALE; PERU; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; MALE; PERU; SAGUINUS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ABUTA; ANIMALIA; ANTHROPOIDEA; CREADION CARUNCULATUS; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS; SAGUINUS FUSCICOLLIS; SAGUINUS IMPERATOR; SAGUINUS LABIATUS; SAGUINUS MYSTAX;

EID: 0141677739     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00536     Document Type: Article

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