How conspicuous are peacock eyespots and other colorful feathers in the eyes of mammalian predators?
How conspicuous are peacock eyespots and other colorful feathers in the eyes of mammalian predators?
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United States: Public Library of Science
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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 bir...
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How conspicuous are peacock eyespots and other colorful feathers in the eyes of mammalian predators?
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2214465963
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2214465963
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0210924
