Simultaneous crypsis and conspicuousness in color patterns: Comparative analysis of a neotropical rainforest bird community

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Gomez, Doris ^a   Théry, Marc ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Color pattern; Countershading; Light environment; Signal evolution; Visual communication

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPSIS; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FOREST CANOPY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MIMICRY; NATURAL SELECTION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PLUMAGE; RAINFOREST; SPECTROMETRY; UNDERSTORY; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 33846217486     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510138     Document Type: Article

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