Evolution of avian plumage color in a tetrahedral color space: A phylogenetic analysis of new world buntings

American Naturalist

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 755-776

  Stoddard, Mary Caswell ^a   Prum, Richard O ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chroma; Color vision; Cyanocompsa; Hue; Passerina; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CAROTENOID; CLADISTICS; COLOR MORPH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENY; PLUMAGE; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR VISION; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SONGBIRD; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; EVOLUTION; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PASSERIFORMES; PIGMENTATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AVES; CARDINALIDAE; CYANOCOMPSA; EMBERIZA;

EID: 43949090490     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587526     Document Type: Article

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