VARIATION IN THE APPEARANCE OF GUPPY COLOR PATTERNS TO GUPPIES AND THEIR PREDATORS UNDER DIFFERENT VISUAL CONDITIONS

被引：406

作者：

ENDLER, JA

机构：

[1] Department of Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara

来源：

VISION RESEARCH | 1991年 / 31卷 / 03期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BRIGHTNESS CONTRAST; COLOR; COLOR CONTRAST; COLOR PATTERNS; CRENICICHLA; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST; CRYPSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL LIGHT; POECILIA; RIVULUS; MACROBRACHIUM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

D O I：

10.1016/0042-6989(91)90109-I

中图分类号：

Q189 [神经科学];

学科分类号：

071006 ;

摘要：

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.

引用

页码：587 / 608

页数：22

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