Behavioural evidence of dichromacy in a species of South American marsupial

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1049-1054

  Gutierrez, Eduardo de A ^a   Pegoraro, Beatriz M ^a   Magalhães Castro, Bráulio ^a   Pessoa, Valdir F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Colour vision; Didelphis albiventris; Marsupial; White eared opossum

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COLOR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARADIGM SHIFT; PERCEPTION; VISUAL CUE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; METATHERIA; POLYOMMATINAE;

EID: 79953293492     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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