Habitat light and dewlap color diversity in four species of Puerto Rican anoline lizards

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 195, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1043-1060

  Fleishman, Leo J ^a   Leal, Manuel ^b   Persons, Matthew H ^c  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis; Color; Communication; Vision; Visual signal design

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; LIZARD; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 70350547579     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-009-0478-8     Document Type: Article

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