Habitat light, colour variation, and ultraviolet reflectance in the Grand Cayman anole, Anolis conspersus
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...…2011; Endler & Day, 2006; Endler & Thery, 1996; Gunderson, Fleishman, & Leal, 2018; Heindl & Winkler, 2003; Klomp, Stuart‐Fox, Das, & Ord, 2017; Leal & Fleishman, 2002; Macedonia, 2001; Marshall, Philpot, & Stevens, 2016; Nafus et al., 2015; Sicsú, Manica, Maia, & Macedo, 2013; Uy & Endler, 2004)....
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...(Macedonia 2001)....
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...Macedonia from Grand Caymen Island during the middle of the day? (Macedonia 2001)....
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...mammals and insects to attract mates or indicate status (Papke, Kemp & Rutowski 2007; Kemp 2008; McGraw, Dale & Mackillop 2003; Macedonia 2001)....
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...Bright plumage, integument, or other tissues are used by many animals including birds, 3 mammals and insects to attract mates or indicate status (Papke, Kemp & Rutowski 2007; Kemp 2008; McGraw, Dale & Mackillop 2003; Macedonia 2001)....
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...For visual signals, FOR ANIMAL COLOUR SIGNALS relevant ecological variables include the ambient light Endler (1992, 1993) has shown that, under sunnyspectrum in which a signal is viewed and features of skies, four types of structural light habitats occur inthe visual background from which the…...
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...…because their reflectance spectra will mented, anoles that inhabit dark forest environmentschange with changing light conditions, making them exhibit dewlaps that may be white or yellow, butharder to recognize and track (Endler, 1993). which are never orange or red (Fleishman, 1992)....
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...Legend as in Table 1. different forest light environments (e.g. Endler, 1992, 1993)....
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...…& Leal, 1993; Macedonia et al., 2000; Stoehr & McGraw, 2001).most reflective colour patch would be yellow-green because it most closely resembles the ambient spec- Traditionally, the function ascribed to dewlap colour has been one of species recognition and reproductivetrum (e.g. Endler, 1993)....
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