Frugivory and colour vision in Alouatta seniculus, a trichromatic platyrrhine monkey

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3321-3327

  Regan, B C ^a   Julliot, C ^b   Simmen, B ^b   Vienot F ^c   Charles Dominique, P ^b   Mollon, J D ^a  

^a University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

^b Laboratoire d'Ecologie Generale   (France)

^c Laboratoire de Photobiologie   (France)

Author keywords

Alouatta seniculus; Evolution; Frugivory; Trichromacy; Visual ecology

Indexed keywords

COLOR VISION; COLORIMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FRENCH GUIANA; FRUIT; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; RETINA CONE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; MATHEMATICS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0345019843     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00462-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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