Sensory Ecology: See Me, Hear Me

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  • Michael J. Ryan
چکیده

The animal world is replete with vibrant colours: these are often used as display signals and selection has solved a fundamental problem in information transfer by enhancing the detectability of these signals against the backgrounds on which they are perceived by the particular sensory systems of their receivers.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Current Biology

دوره 17  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007