The Behavioral Significance of Color

ISBN-13: 9781138576254 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 468 str.

Edward H. Burtt Jr

Opis

This title, originally published in 1979, draws together widely scattered research into the coloration of animals; formulates predictive hypotheses to account for color; documents the accuracy of many of these hypotheses; and suggests directions for future research.

Spis treści

Preface.  Contributing Authors.  Introduction Edward H. Burtt, Jr.  Part 1: Physical Principles  1. Physics of Light: An Introduction for Light-Minded Ethologists B. Dennis Sustare  Emissivity, a Little-Explored Variable: Discussion C. Richard Tracy  Part 2: Physiological Functions of Animal Coloration  2. The Influence of Color on Behavioral Thermoregulation and Hydroregulation David M. Hoppe  Further Thoughts on Anuran Thermoregulation: Discussion C. Richard Tracy  Maximization of Reproduction: Discussion William J. Hamilton III  Audience Questions: Discussion  3. Tips on Wings and Other Things Edward H. Burtt, Jr.  The Evolutiono-Engineering Approach: Discussion C. Richard Tracy  Where is the Evidence for Ultra-Violet Damage: Discussion William J. Hamilton III  Audience Questions: Discussion  Part 3: Photoreception  4. Extraretinal Photoreception: Words of Caution: Discussion C. Richard Tracy  5. Mechanisms of Color Vision: An Ethologist’s Primer Samuel H. Gruber  6. Visual Discriminations Encountered in Food Foraging by a Neotropical Primate: Implications for the Evolution of Color Vision D. Max Snodderly  Comments on Coevolution: Discussion C. Richard Tracy  Are Selection Pressures Different? Discussion William J. Hamilton III  Audience Questions: Discussion  Part 4: Coloration for Communication  7. Environmental Light and Conspicuous Colors Jack P. Hailman  Audience Questions: Discussion  8. Optical Signals and Interspecific Communication Jeffrey R. Baylis  9. The Use of Color in Intraspecific Communication William J. Rowland  Visual Functions of Color: The Predictive Approach: Discussion C. Richard Tracy  Audience Questions: Discussion  10. Conclusion Edward H. Burtt, Jr.  Index

O autorze

Edward H. Burtt, Jr.