Sensory ecology: see me, hear me.
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.
Ryan
Michael J
MJ
Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA. Mryan@mail.utexas.edu
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