The Behavioral Ecology of Color Vision: Considering Fruit Conspicuity, Detection Distance and Dietary Importance

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 258-287

  Melin, A D ^a,b   Hiramatsu, C ^c   Parr, N A ^a   Matsushita, Y ^d   Kawamura, S ^d   Fedigan, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capuchin; Cebus; Foraging; Opsin genes; Polymorphic trichromacy; Spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893714901     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-013-9730-8     Document Type: Article

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