Coherent light scattering by nanostructured collagen arrays in the caruncles of the malagasy asities (Eurylaimidae: Aves)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3507-3522

  Prum, Richard O ^a   Torres, Rodolfo ^a   Kovach, Christopher ^a   Williamson, Scott ^a   Goodman, Steven M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asity; Avian integument; Bird; Bragg's law; Coherent scattering; Collagen; Communication; Fourier analysis; Philepittinae; Structural colour; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033451957     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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