Ultraviolet reflectance by the cere of raptors

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-176

  Mougeot, François ^a,b,c   Arroyo, Beatriz E ^a,c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Circus pygargus; Colour; Mate choice; Sexual signal; Ultraviolet vision

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; MATE CHOICE; MEMBRANE; RAPTOR; REFLECTANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AVES; CIRCUS PYGARGUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 33745295265     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0434     Document Type: Article

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