Variation in ultraviolet reflectance by carotenoid-bearing feathers of tanagers (Thraupini: Emberizinae: Passeriformes)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 243-257

  Bleiweiss, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Colour; Constraint; Independent contrasts; Pigment; Plumage; Red; Reflectance spectra

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; COLOR; FEATHER; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; REFLECTANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AVES; EMBERIZINAE; GALLIFORMES; PASSERIFORMES; THRAUPINI;

EID: 13644259858     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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