The anatomical basis of sexual dichromatism in non-iridescent ultraviolet-blue structural coloration of feathers

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 259-271

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

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Light scattering; Melanin; Sexual selection; Sialia sialis; Structural colour

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; COLOR; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; PLUMAGE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

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

EID: 13644259857     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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