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chromatic contrast — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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chromatic contrast

Scope: methodological

Papers: 5 | Mentions: 5

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Knowledge graph centered on chromatic contrast with 71 nodes and 149 connections. Top connected: Hummingbird, Ipomopsis, Ligusticum porteri, Asteraceae, Lepidoptera.

Definition

Color-based visual contrast as perceived by animal visual systems

Related Terms (5)

color contrastbrightness contrastdiscrimination thresholddiscrimination thresholdscolor perception

Publications (5)

Two sides of the same wing: ventral scales enhance dorsal wing color in the butterfly Speyeria mormonia

2023Journal of Experimental Biologymeasured

Does an achromatic border alter color discrimination of male <i> Speyeria mormonia </i> butterflies during mate searching?

Wild hummingbirds discriminate nonspectral colors

2020Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesmeasured

Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

2020Frontiers in Plant Science. doi 10.3389/fpls.2020.590347measured

The Visual Ecology of <i>Speyeria mormonia</i>

2016measured variable

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framework2 shared papers

visual modeling

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spectral reflectance

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spectral sensitivity

measurement2 shared papers

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intraspecific variation

phenomenon1 shared paper

structural color

phenomenon1 shared paper

sexual dimorphism

phenomenon1 shared paper

body size-temperature rule

hypothesis1 shared paper

pollinator-mediated selection

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Frequently Associated Species

Speyeria mormonia

Nymphalidae3 papers

Lepidoptera

Asteraceae

Asteraceae2 papers

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae2 papers

Fritillary butterfly

Mimulus

Phrymaceae2 papers

Ipomopsis

Polemoniaceae2 papers

Hummingbird

Lonicera involucrata

Caprifoliaceae1 paper

Eriogonum umbellatum

Polygonaceae1 paper