Male attractiveness is influenced by UV wavelengths in a newt species but not in its close relative

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Secondi, Jean ^a   Lepetz, Virginie ^a   Théry, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HABITAT SELECTION; ILLUMINATION; LISSOTRITON HELVETICUS; LISSOTRITON VULGARIS; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; CLASSIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POND; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SALAMANDRIDAE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; SALAMANDRIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; PONDS; SALAMANDRIDAE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84855837586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030391     Document Type: Article

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