Characterizing background heterogeneity in visual communication

• Published in: Basic and applied ecology Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 326 - 335
• Main Authors: Camargo, Maria Gabriela G., Cazetta, Eliana, Morellato, Leonor Patrícia C., Schaefer, H. Martin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Munich Elsevier GmbH 01.06.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Autoecology; Biological and medical sciences; birds; Camouflage; Cerrado savanna; color; Crypsis; dry season; Frames; Frugivory; Fruit color; Fruit contrast; Fruits; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Heterogeneity; Leaves; Plants and fungi; Plant–animal interactions; Pollination; Reflectance; Reflectivity; Sampling; seasonal variation; Seasonality; sexual selection; Signal; vegetation; vision; Wet season; Crypsis; Signal; Fruit color; Plant–animal interactions; Camouflage; Seasonality; Cerrado savanna; Fruit contrast; Frugivory; Pollination; Fruit; Savannah; Color; Frugivorous; Plant-animal interactions; Heterogeneity; Biome; Visual communication; Animal plant relation; Seasonal variation; Cerrado

How is a visual signal effectively transmitted through an environment triggering a response by a perceiver? Experimental and theoretical works in disparate fields, such as sexual selection and plant–animal interactions, have demonstrated selection based on signal conspicuousness. However, to properl...