I see your false colours: how artificial stimuli appear to different animal viewers.

ABSTRACT: The use of artificially coloured stimuli, especially to test hypotheses about sexual selection and anti-predator defence, has been common in behavioural ecology since the pioneering work of Tinbergen. To investigate the effects of colour on animal behaviour, many researchers use paints, markers and dyes to modify existing colours or to add colour to synthetic models. Because colour perception varies widely across species, it is critical to account for the signal receiver's vision when performing colour manipulations. To explore this, we applied 26 typical coloration products to different types of avian feathers. Next, we measured the artificially coloured feathers using two complementary techniques-spectrophotometry and digital ultraviolet--visible photography-and modelled their appearance

SUBMITTER: Stoddard MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6304012 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature