Ornament colour selection, visual contrast and the shape of colour preference functions in great bowerbirds, Chlamydera nuchalis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1405-1416

  Endler, John A ^a,b   Day, Lainy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COLOR; MATE ATTRACTION; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; VISUAL CUE; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; CHLAMYDERA NUCHALIS;

EID: 33751195495     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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