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Color signaling in conspicuous red sticklebacks: do ultraviolet signals surpass others?

BACKGROUND: The use of ultraviolet (UV) signals for communication tasks is widespread in vertebrates. For instance, there is a UV component to mate choice in several species. Nevertheless, it remains unclear how the signal value of the UV wave band compares to that of other regions of the animal...

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Autores principales: Rick, Ingolf P, Bakker, Theo CM
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2453139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18593461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-189