The evolution of the multicoloured face of mandrills: insights from the perceptual space of colour vision.

Multicomponent signals consist of several traits that are perceived as a whole. Although many animals rely on multicomponent signals to communicate, the selective pressures shaping these signals are still poorly understood. Previous work has mainly investigated the evolution of multicomponent signal...

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Main Authors: Julien P Renoult, H Martin Schaefer, Bettina Sallé, Marie J E Charpentier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3244440?pdf=render