Nanostructure predicts intraspecific variation in ultraviolet-blue plumage colour

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1523, 2003, Pages 1455-1460

  Shawkey, Matthew D ^a   Estes, Anne M ^a,b   Siefferman, Lynn M ^a   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feather nanostructure; Fourier analysis; Sexual selection; Structural colour

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FEATHER; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PLUMAGE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; COLOR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEATHER; FOURIER ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETRY;

AVES; SIALIA SIALIS; SIALIS; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0037823425     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2390     Document Type: Article

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