Ultraviolet signals in birds are special

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1510, 2003, Pages 61-67

  Hausmann, Franziska ^a   Arnold, Kathryn E ^b   Marshall, N Justin ^c   Owens, Ian P F ^d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Colour; Fluorescence; Sexual selection; Signalling; Ultraviolet reflectance

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FLUORESCENCE; MATE CHOICE; PLUMAGE; REFLECTANCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BIRD; COLOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COURTSHIP; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLUORESCENCE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PARROT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 0037422712     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2200     Document Type: Article

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