Plumage reflectance and the objective assessment of avian sexual dichromatism

American Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-200

  Cuthill, I C ^a   Bennett, A T D ^a   Partridge, J C ^a   Maier, E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bird vision; Color measurement; Mate choice; Plumage color; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DIMORPHISM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PLUMAGE; REFLECTANCE;

STURNUS;

EID: 0032993783     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303160     Document Type: Article

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