Ultraviolet vision, fluorescence and mate choice in a parrot, the budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1482, 2001, Pages 2273-2279

  Pearn, S M ^a   Bennett, A T D ^a   Cuthill, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian vision; Budgerigar; Colour vision; Fluorescence; Mate choice; Ultraviolet vision

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FLUORESCENCE; MATE CHOICE; PLUMAGE; SIGNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; COLOR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; ILLUMINATION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PARROT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; REFLECTOMETRY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS;

EID: 0035823822     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1813     Document Type: Article

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