Comparing entire colour patterns as birds see them

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 405-431

  Endler, John A ^a,b   Mielke Jr , Paul W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal signals; Animal vision; Antipredator defence; Aposematism; Crypsis; Predation; Sexual selection; Visual contrast

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; COLOR; CRYPSIS; SEXUAL SELECTION; VISION;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 24744449189     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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