Ecological and behavioral correlates of coloration in artiodactyls: Systematic analyses of conventional hypotheses

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 823-840

  Stoner, C J ^a   Caro, T M ^a   Graham, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovids; Cervids; Communication; Concealment; Countershading; Disruptive coloration; Pattern blending; Phylogeny; Thermoregulation; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLOR; CRYPSIS; PELAGE; PHYLOGENY; THERMOREGULATION; UNGULATE;

ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDAE; CERVIDAE; CRYPSIS; MARTES PENNANTI; UNGULATA;

EID: 0242725016     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arg072     Document Type: Article

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