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Avian eggshell coloration: new perspectives on adaptive explanations

2010-08-01

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Recent work suggests that the evolution of egg coloration may have been constrained in three important ways that have not yet been critically synthesized in any review. First, on account of birds being able to see in the ultraviolet spectrum, the interaction between the properties of avian vision and the light environment of nests imply different perceptions of egg coloration from those experienced by humans. Seco...

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01457.x

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