A Species of Reef Fish that Uses Ultraviolet Patterns for Covert Face Recognition

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 407-410

  Siebeck, Ulrike E ^a   Parker, Amira N ^a   Sprenger, Dennis ^b   Mäthger, Lydia M ^c   Wallis, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; PERCIFORMES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; POMACENTRIDAE; POMACENTRUS AMBOINENSIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 77649183810     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.047     Document Type: Article

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