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avian tetrachromatic color space — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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avian tetrachromatic color space

Scope: methodological

Papers: 2 | Mentions: 10

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 51 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on avian tetrachromatic color space with 51 nodes and 153 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Crested Butte, Hymenoptera, Selasphorus platycercus.

Definition

Mathematical representation of color perception in birds based on stimulation of four cone types (UV/violet-sensitive, short-wave-sensitive, medium-wave-sensitive, long-wave-sensitive)

Related Terms (4)

tetrachromacytetrahedral color spacebird visiontetrachromatic vision

Publications (2)

Wild hummingbirds discriminate nonspectral colors

2020Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Synchronization of speed, sound and iridescent color in a hummingbird aerial courtship dive

2018Nature Communications

Related Concepts (7)

nonspectral colors

phenomenon4 shared papers

discrimination threshold

metric1 shared paper

alternative mating tactics

theory1 shared paper

signal synchronization

phenomenon1 shared paper

iridescent coloration

phenomenon1 shared paper

Doppler effect

process1 shared paper

animal communication

process1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Selasphorus platycercus

Trochilidae17 papers

Archilochus alexandri

Trochilidae2 papers

Gallus gallus

Phasianidae2 papers

Calypte anna

Trochilidae2 papers

Mimulus

Phrymaceae1 paper

Taeniopygia guttata

Estrildidae1 paper

Colias eurytheme

Pieridae1 paper

Archilochus colubris

Trochilidae1 paper

Pavo cristatus

Phasianidae1 paper

Hymenoptera