Effect of colour vision status on insect prey capture efficiency of captive and wild tamarins (Saguinus spp.)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 479-486

  Smith, Andrew C ^a,b   Surridge, Alison K ^c   Prescott, Mark J ^b,d   Osorio, Daniel ^e   Mundy, Nicholas I ^c   Buchanan Smith, Hannah M ^b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d National Centre for the Replacement   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dichromacy; Polymorphic colour vision; Primate; Saguinus spp.; Sex differences; Tamarin; Trichromacy

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; COLOR; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; FRUIT; HETEROZYGOSITY; INSECT; LEAF; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT; POLYMORPHISM; PREY CAPTURE; PRIMATE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; VISION; WAVELENGTH; WILD POPULATION;

CALLITRICHIDAE; HEXAPODA; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS; SAGUINUS IMPERATOR;

EID: 84856078689     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.11.023     Document Type: Article

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