Quantifying avian sexual dichromatism: A comparison of methods

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2423-2430

  Armenta, Jessica K ^a,b   Dunn, Peter O ^a   Whittingham, Linda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b LONE STAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colour discriminability; Colouration; Dichromatism; Principal component analysis; Segment classification; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIRD; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; BIRDS; COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

AVES;

EID: 50649100898     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.013094     Document Type: Article

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