How conspicuous are peacock eyespots and other colorful feathers in the eyes of mammalian predators?
Abstract
Colorful feathers have long been assumed to be conspicuous to predators, and hence likely to incur costs due to enhanced predation risk. However, many mammals that prey on birds have dichromatic visual systems with only two types of color-sensitive visual receptors, rather than the three and four photoreceptors characteristic of humans and most birds, respectively. Here, we use a combination of multispectral imaging, reflectance spectroscopy,...
Paper Details
Title
How conspicuous are peacock eyespots and other colorful feathers in the eyes of mammalian predators?
Published Date
Apr 24, 2019
Journal
Volume
14
Issue
4
Pages
e0210924 - e0210924
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