Different ranking of avian colors predicted by modeling of retinal function in humans and birds

American Naturalist

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 831-838

  Håstad, Olle ^a   Ödeen, Anders ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Color signals; Plumage coloration; Sexual selection; Vision

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COLOR MORPH; EYE; PLUMAGE; RANKING; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; VISION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; COLOR VISION; FEATHER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; RETINA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEATHERS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PIGMENTATION; RETINA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 43949119422     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587529     Document Type: Article

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