...Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza; Enrique Font Ultraviolet (UV) vision and UV colour patches have been reported in a wide range of taxa and are increasingly appreciated as an integral part of vertebrate visual perception and communication systems. Previous studies with Lacertidae, a lizard family...

... in order to match the background, a few use a different strategy. They are UV-reflective, creating a colour contrast against UV-absorbing flowers that is attractive for pollinators. The nature of the relationship between colour contrast and foraging success is unknown, as is how spiders trade off...

... of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 mate choice three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus ultraviolet UV light vision More than 60 years have passed since Niko Tinbergen and co-workers first drew attention to the use of sign stimuli in the courtship rituals of the three-spined stickleback...

...Emma L. Smith; Verity J. Greenwood; Andrew T. D. Bennett SUMMARY Whereas humans have three types of cone photoreceptor, birds have four types of single cones and, unlike humans, are sensitive to ultraviolet light(UV, 320-400 nm). Most birds are thought to have either a violet-sensitive single cone...