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1843763

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-3-12
pubmed:abstractText
Color patterns of natural populations of guppies (Poecilia reticulata) are a compromise between sexual selection and predation avoidance. Field data on ambient light spectra, water transmission spectra, courtship and attack distances, and cone pigments of guppies and their predators were used to calculate measures of conspicuousness of guppies under various combinations of visual conditions and vision. The results suggest that color patterns are relatively more conspicuous to guppies at the times and places of courtship and relatively less conspicuous at the times and places of maximum predator risk. Some implications to the evolution of vision, visual communication and behavior are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0042-6989
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
587-608
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Variation in the appearance of guppy color patterns to guppies and their predators under different visual conditions.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't