Habitat light, colour variation, and ultraviolet reflectance in the Grand Cayman anole, Anolis conspersus
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...…differences in the contrast of colors against the background for sympatric or allopatric populations differing in their habitat characteristics and signaling traits (Macedonia 2001; Leal and Fleishman 2002, 2004; Heindl and Winkler 2003a, 2003b; Doucet et al. 2007; Gomez and Théry 2007)....
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...…species have evolved signals that function best in specific environments by matching signals and transmission characteristics of the environment (Fleishman 1992; Endler & Thery 1996; Macedonia 2001; Boughman 2002; Gray et al. 2008; Seehausen et al. 2008; Cocroft et al. 2010; Elias et al. 2010)....
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...All three of these techniques have been used by other investigators (e.g. Macedonia 2001; Acorn 2002; Raguso & Willis 2005), and while all three techniques have been shown to be valid at measuring UV reflectance accurately, no single method has been widely accepted as best....
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...This is a standard method to handle spectral data (e.g., Bennett et al., 1997; Endler and Théry, 1996; Hunt et al., 1998; Macedonia, 2001; Sheldon et al., 1999), especially well suited for spectra with multiple peaks (Cuthill et al., 1999)....
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...This is a standard method to handle spectral data (e.g., Bennett et al., 1997; Endler and Théry, 1996; Hunt et al., 1998; Macedonia, 2001; Sheldon et al., 1999), especially well suited for spectra with multiple peaks (Cuthill et al....
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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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