Specific color sensitivities of prey and predator explain camouflage in different visual systems

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-29

  Théry, Marc ^a   Debut, Martine ^a,c   Gomez, Doris ^a   Casas, Jérôme ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

Author keywords

Bird; Camouflage; Crab spider; Hymenoptera; Spectrometry

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CRYPSIS; FLOWER; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECTROMETRY; SPIDER; VISION;

ARANEAE; AVES; CRYPSIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HYMENOPTERA; LEUCANTHEMUM; LEUCANTHEMUM VULGARE; PASSERIFORMES; THOMISIDAE;

EID: 12244297394     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh130     Document Type: Article

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