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24 - Color and mate choice in non-human animals

from Part VII - Color effects on psychological and biological functioning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2016

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James P. Higham  and
Sandra Winters
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Andrew J. Elliot ,
Mark D. Fairchild  and
Anna Franklin
Andrew J. Elliot
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University of Rochester, New York
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Rochester Institute of Technology, New York
Anna Franklin
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University of Sussex
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Handbook of Color Psychology , pp. 502 - 530
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