A review of the evolution of animal colour vision and visual communication signals

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 2042-2051

  Osorio, D ^a   Vorobyev, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Color vision; Communication signals; Evolution; Photoreceptor spectral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARTICLE; BEE; BIRD; BUTTERFLY; COLOR VISION; COLORIMETRY; EVOLUTION; FORAGING; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION; WASP;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; COLOR VISION; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL PIGMENTS;

EID: 51349128053     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

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