Strong effects of various incidence and observation angles on spectrometric assessment of plumage colouration in birds

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1499-1506

  Santos, S I C O ^a   De Neve, L ^c   Lumeij, J T ^d   Forschler M I ^b  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angle geometry; Avian colour; Colour assessment; Reflectance; Spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIRD; COLOR; PLUMAGE; SPECTROMETRY; VISUAL CUE; WAVELENGTH;

AMAZONA; AMAZONA AESTIVA; ANIMALIA; AVES; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 34250653699     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0373-7     Document Type: Article

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