Optical properties of the uropygial gland secretion: No evidence for UV cosmetics in birds

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 939-946

  Delhey, Kaspar ^a   Peters, Anne ^a   Biedermann, Peter H W ^b   Kempenaers, Bart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Avian vision; Plumage colour; Preen gland; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

OPTICAL PROPERTY; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; REFLECTANCE; SECRETION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL CUE; WATERFOWL;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BRIGHTNESS; COLOR VISION; FEATHER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; REFLECTOMETRY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UROPYGIAL GLAND;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COLOR VISION; COSMETICS; DUCKS; FEATHERS; PASSERIFORMES; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; AVES;

EID: 53849135182     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0406-8     Document Type: Article

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