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UV-Green Iridescence Predicts Male Quality during Jumping Spider Contests

Animal colour signals used in intraspecies communications can generally be attributed to a composite effect of structural and pigmentary colours. Notably, the functional role of iridescent coloration that is ‘purely’ structural (i.e., absence of pigments) is poorly understood. Recent studies reveal...

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Autores principales: Lim, Matthew L. M., Li, Daiqin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3616068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23573210
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059774