Colour is an important factor in food detection and acquisition by animals using visually based foraging. Colour can be used to identify the suitability of a food source or improve the efficiency of food detection, and can even be linked to mate choice. Food colour preferences are known to exist, but whether these preferences are heritable and how these preferences evolve is unknown. Using the freshwater fish Poecilia reticulata, we artificially selected for chase behaviour towards two different-coloured moving stimuli: red and blue spots. A response to selection was only seen for chase behaviours towards the red, with realized heritabilities ranging from 0.25 to 0.30. Despite intense selection, no significant chase response was recorded fo...
BACKGROUND: The sensory drive hypothesis predicts that divergent sensory adaptation in different hab...
A broad range of animals use visual signals to assess potential mates, and the theory of sensory exp...
We performed artificial selection on the visual system in guppies (Poecilia reticulate), using the o...
Colour is an important factor in food detection and acquisition by animals using visually based fora...
Colour is an important factor in food detection and acquisition by animals using visually based fora...
Sensory drive proposes that natural selection on nonmating behaviours (e.g. foraging preferences) al...
Sensory drive proposes that natural selection on non‐mating behaviours (e.g. foraging preferences) a...
Aquatic environments are well-suited for studying visual adaptation; light attenuation creates disti...
<div><p>The conspicuousness of animal signals is influenced by their contrast against the background...
This paper reports on experimental research undertaken to analyse the information processing mechani...
The response of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) to lures was investigated in trolling experiments at...
Colour patterns displayed by animals frequently comprise multiple elements, including hue, pattern, ...
Colourful visual signals can provide receivers with valuable information about food, danger, and the...
Colour vision mediates ecologically relevant tasks for many animals, such as mate choice, foraging a...
Sexual selection research has long focused on the evolution of female mate preferences. Most of the ...
BACKGROUND: The sensory drive hypothesis predicts that divergent sensory adaptation in different hab...
A broad range of animals use visual signals to assess potential mates, and the theory of sensory exp...
We performed artificial selection on the visual system in guppies (Poecilia reticulate), using the o...
Colour is an important factor in food detection and acquisition by animals using visually based fora...
Colour is an important factor in food detection and acquisition by animals using visually based fora...
Sensory drive proposes that natural selection on nonmating behaviours (e.g. foraging preferences) al...
Sensory drive proposes that natural selection on non‐mating behaviours (e.g. foraging preferences) a...
Aquatic environments are well-suited for studying visual adaptation; light attenuation creates disti...
<div><p>The conspicuousness of animal signals is influenced by their contrast against the background...
This paper reports on experimental research undertaken to analyse the information processing mechani...
The response of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) to lures was investigated in trolling experiments at...
Colour patterns displayed by animals frequently comprise multiple elements, including hue, pattern, ...
Colourful visual signals can provide receivers with valuable information about food, danger, and the...
Colour vision mediates ecologically relevant tasks for many animals, such as mate choice, foraging a...
Sexual selection research has long focused on the evolution of female mate preferences. Most of the ...
BACKGROUND: The sensory drive hypothesis predicts that divergent sensory adaptation in different hab...
A broad range of animals use visual signals to assess potential mates, and the theory of sensory exp...
We performed artificial selection on the visual system in guppies (Poecilia reticulate), using the o...