Visual Signals

Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 544-550

  Fernandez Juricic E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye; Mate choice; Predation; Signals; Vision; Visual contrast

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952738030     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00004-8     Document Type: Chapter

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