Detection of fruit and the selection of primate visual pigments for color vision

American Naturalist

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 696-708

  Osorio, D ^a   Smith, A C ^b   Vorobyev, M ^c   Buchanan Smith, H M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; Color vision; Evolution; Modeling; Primate

Indexed keywords

FOOD SELECTION; FRUIT; PRIMATE; VISION; VISUAL CUE;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; ALOUATTA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 11944274044     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425332     Document Type: Article

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