Human vision can provide a valid proxy for avian perception of sexual dichromatism

Auk

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 283-292

  Seddon, Nathalie ^a   Tobias, Joseph A ^a   Eaton, Muir ^b   Ödeen, Anders ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Brown headed cowbird; Coevolution; Common grackle; Egg recognition; Molothrus ater; Phenotypic plasticity; Quiscalus quiscula

Indexed keywords

COLOR; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENE; PASSERINE; PERCEPTION; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TESTING METHOD; VISION;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS ATER; QUISCALUS QUISCULA; THAMNOPHILIDAE;

EID: 77951923652     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.09070     Document Type: Article

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