Vertical lek placement of forest-dwelling manakin species (Aves, Pipridae) is associated with vertical gradients of ambient light

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 647-658

  Heindl, Martin ^a,b   Winkler, Hans ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Bird Park Marlow ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Achromatic contrast; Chromatic contrast; Colour space; Rainforest; Spectral sensitivity; Tetrachromacy

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLOR; LEK; LIGHT; PLUMAGE;

AVES; PIPRIDAE;

EID: 0346735284     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2003.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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