The adaptive value of primate color vision for predator detection

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 721-729

  Pessoa, Daniel Marques Almeida ^a   Maia, Rafael ^b   de Albuquerque Ajuz, Rafael Cavalcanti ^c   De Moraes, Pedro Zurvaino Palmeira Melo Rosa ^a   Spyrides, Maria Helena Constantino ^a   Pessoa, Valdir Filgueiras ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavioral approach; Color vision modeling; Trichromatic advantage; Trichromatism; Visual polymorphism

Indexed keywords

EUTHERIA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; CARNIVORA; COLOR; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION DEFECT; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INSECT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PRIMATE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PRIMATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904544807     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22264     Document Type: Article

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