The role of ultraviolet-A reflectance and ultraviolet-A induced fluorescence in the appearance of budgerigar plumage: Insights from spectrofluorometry and reflectance spectrophotometry

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1517, 2003, Pages 859-865

  Pearn, Sophie M ^a   Bennett, Andrew T D ^a   Cuthill, Innes C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Budgerigar; Fluorescence; Parrot; Reflectance spectrophotometry; Spectrofluorometry; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETRY; PLUMAGE; SIGNALING; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; ILLUMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARROT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELOPSITTACUS; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 0037461341     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2315     Document Type: Article

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