- Eye for an eyespot: how iridescent plumage ocelli influence peacock mating success
2013/01/01 by Roslyn Dakin, Robert Montgomerie · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Plant and animal studies #Avian ecology and behavior #Eyespot #Iridescence #Biology #Simple eye in invertebrates #Plumage #Mating #Zoology #Sexual selection #Hue #Ecology #Reproductive success #Optics #Demography
- Number of eyespots and their intimidating effect on naïve predators in the peacock butterfly
2011/07/26 by Sami Merilaita, Adrian Vallin, Ullasa Kodandaramaiah +3 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Neuroscience · #Plant and animal studies #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research #Eyespot #Biology #Predation #Predator #Mimicry #Ecology #Butterfly #Aposematism #Zoology
- Peahens prefer peacocks displaying more eyespots, but rarely
2011/04/13 by Roslyn Dakin, Robert Montgomerie · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Psychology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Avian ecology and behavior #Biology #Courtship #Ecology #Eyespot #Mate choice #Mating #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Variation (astronomy) #Zoology
- FemaleBicyclus anynanabutterflies choose males on the basis of their dorsal UV-reflective eyespot pupils
2005/07/06 by Kendra A. Robertson, Antónia Monteiro · 3 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Plant and animal studies #Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Eyespot #Biology #Wing #Sexual selection #Mate choice #Trait #Dorsum #Butterfly #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Natural selection #Sexual dimorphism #Zoology #Ecology #Anatomy
- Contribution of Distal-less to quantitative variation in butterfly eyespots
2002/01/01 by Patrícia Beldade, Paul M. Brakefield, Anthony D. Long · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Neuroscience · #Astrophysics #Biology #Butterfly #Ecology #Eyespot #Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement #Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research #Physics #Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications #Variation (astronomy) #Zoology