Studies on UV reflection in feathers of some 1000 bird species: Are UV peaks in feathers correlated with violet-sensitive and ultraviolet-sensitive cones?

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Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-68

  Mullen, Peter ^a   Pohland, Georg ^a  

^a Alexander Koenig Research Museum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian vision; Colour; Feather; Fluorescence; Light environment; Plumage; Sexual dimorphism; Signalling; Ultraviolet vision; UV reflection

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FEATHER; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT EFFECT; PIGMENT; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SIGNALING; TAXONOMY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

APODIFORMES; AVES; COLIIFORMES; GALBULIFORMES; GALLIFORMES; MUSOPHAGIFORMES; PASSERIFORMES; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TINAMIFORMES; TURNICIFORMES; UPUPIFORMES;

EID: 37849019215     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00736.x     Document Type: Article

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