Support for a role of colour vision in mate choice in the nocturnal European treefrog (Hyla arborea)

Behaviour

Volumn 147, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 1753-1768

  Gomez, Doris ^a   Richardson, Christina ^b   Lengagne, Thierry ^b   Derex, Maxime ^b   Plenet, Sandrine ^b   Joly, Pierre ^b   Léna, Jean Paul ^b   Théry, Marc ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

brightness detection; colour vision; mate choice; nocturnal anuran; rod

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLA ARBOREA;

EID: 78649613847     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579510X534227     Document Type: Article

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