Optics of the ultraviolet reflecting scales of a jumping spider

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1618, 2007, Pages 1583-1589

  Land, Michael F ^a   Horwood, Julia ^a   Lim, Matthew L M ^b   Li, Daiqin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cosmophasis umbratica; Mating behaviour; Multilayer; Structural colour; Ultraviolet reflection

Indexed keywords

CHITIN;

CHITIN; COLOR MORPH; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SPIDER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; COLOR; GOSMOPHASIS UMBRATICA; MATING; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SINGAPORE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPIDER; THICKNESS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ARANEAE; SALTICIDAE;

EID: 34447295606     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0328     Document Type: Article

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