Amanda Melin

Area of research

Social Psychology · Environmental Engineering

Research interest

Research topics from publications: Frugivores and the evolution of fruit colour; Optimal Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Sampling Location with OCT in Rhesus Monkeys; Normative OCT optic nerve head parameters of rhesus macaques. Representative work: The ecological function of fruit colour has been the focus of many studies. The most commonly tested hypothesis is that fruit colour has evolved to facilitate detection by seed-dispersing animals. We tested whether distributions of fruit colours are consistent with the hypothesis that colour is an evolved signal to seed dispersers using a comparative community approach. We compared the contrast between ripe fruits and leaf backgrounds at two sites, one in Madagascar where seed dispersers are primarily night-active, red-green colour-blind lemurs, and the other in Uganda, where most vertebrate seed dispersers are day-active primates and birds with greater capacity for colour vision. We show th

Looking for a research collaborator?

Search millions of scientists by field, institution, impact, and funding status — see their work, find their email, and reach out directly.