Motion sensitivity of the Jacky dragon, Amphibolurus muricatus: random-dot kinematograms reveal the importance of motion noise for signal detection

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 307-315

  Woo, Kevin L ^a   Burke, Darren ^a   Peters, Richard A ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibolurus muricatus; Jacky dragon; natural and artificial background noise; random dot kinematogram; relative sensitivity; signal design

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; LIZARD; MOTILITY; MOVEMENT; SIGNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VELOCITY;

AMPHIBOLURUS MURICATUS;

EID: 58349113809     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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