Cleaner gobies evolve advertising stripes of higher contrast

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2194-2203

  Lettieri, L ^a   Cheney, K L ^b   Mazel, C H ^c   Boothe, D ^a   Marshall, N J ^b   Streelman, J T ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Color; Mutualism; Specialization; Vision model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; COLOR; COLOR VISION; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; EVOLUTION; PERCIFORMES;

ANTHOZOA; ELACATINUS; GOBIIDAE;

EID: 67650097342     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.025478     Document Type: Article

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