Mimicry in coral reef fish: How accurate is this deception in terms of color and luminance?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 459-468

  Cheney, Karen L ^a   Marshall, N Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggressive mimicry; Animal signaling; Batesian; Color vision; Signal accuracy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGGRESSION; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISH; LIGHT EFFECT; MIMICRY; PHOTORECEPTION; SELECTION; SIGNAL; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 66149102431     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp017     Document Type: Article

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