Dark nests and egg colour in birds: A possible functional role of ultraviolet reflectance in egg detectability

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1603, 2006, Pages 2821-2829

  Avilés, Jesús M ^a   Soler, Juan J ^a   Pérez Contreras, Tomás ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dark nest; Detectability; Egg colour; Ultraviolet reflectance

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DARK; EGG; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NATURAL SELECTION; NEST; NEST BOX; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; RETINA CONE; RISK FACTOR; STARLING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AVES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS UNICOLOR;

EID: 33751106165     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3674     Document Type: Article

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