Influence of ambient light on the evolution of colour signals: Comparative analysis of a Neotropical rainforest bird community

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 279-284

  Gomez, Doris ^a   Théry, Marc ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Ambient light; Bird community; Colour signal; Comparative method; Evolutionary strategy; Habitat selection; Sensory drive; Spectrometry; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; COLOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIGHT QUALITY; PLUMAGE; RAINFOREST; SIGNAL; SPECTROMETRY;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; CRYPSIS;

EID: 1842855336     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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