Importance of achromatic contrast in short-range fruit foraging of primates.
Trichromatic primates have a 'red-green' chromatic channel in addition to luminance and 'blue-yellow' channels. It has been argued that the red-green channel evolved in primates as an adaptation for detecting reddish or yellowish objects, such as ripe fruits, against a background...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-10-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2559900?pdf=render |