Perspectives on primate color vision

PRIMATE ORIGINS: Adaptations and Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 805-819

  Lucas, P W ^a   Dominy, N J ^b   Osorio, D ^c   Peterson Pereira, W ^d   Riba Hernandez, P ^d   Solis Madrigal, S ^d   Stoner, K E ^e   Yamashita, N ^f  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-33507-0_23     Document Type: Chapter

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