Coherent scattering of ultraviolet light by avian feather barbs

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 163-170

  Prum, Richard O ^a   Andersson, Staffan ^b   Torres, Rodolfo H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEATHER; LIGHT SCATTERING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AVES; MYIOPHONUS; MYIOPHONUS CAERULEUS; TURDIDAE;

EID: 0037229465     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090151     Document Type: Article

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