Exaggeration of display characteristics enhances detection of visual signals

Behaviour

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 287-305

  Smith, Carolynn L ^a   Evans, Christopher S ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gallus gallus; multimodal communication; signal design; visual signals

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 79953822026     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579511X556592     Document Type: Article

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