Fine structural dependence of ultraviolet reflections in the king penguin beak horn

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-222

  Dresp, Birgitta ^a   Langley, Keith ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

Author keywords

Birds; Electron microscopy; Structural colors; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAK; BIRD; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HORN; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEAK; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPHENISCIDAE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA; APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; ELECTRON; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 33645030435     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: 15524892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20314     Document Type: Article

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