Limited variation in visual sensitivity among bowerbird species suggests that there is no link between spectral tuning and variation in display colouration

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1090-1105

  Coyle, Brian J ^a   Hart, Nathan S ^b,c   Carleton, Karen L ^a   Borgia, Gerald ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avian; Microspectrophotometry; Ptilonorhynchidae; Sensory drive; Signals; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; RETINA CONE; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COLOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ECOSYSTEM; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; OPSINS; PASSERIFORMES; PHOTOBLEACHING; PIGMENTATION; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; PTILONORHYNCHIDAE;

EID: 84858695931     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.062224     Document Type: Article

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