A method to quantify the regularity of barred plumage patterns

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1837-1844

  Gluckman, Thanh Lan ^a   Cardoso, Gonçalo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avian plumage; Barred; Crypsis; Method; Regularity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; CRYPSIS; MUSEUM; PIGMENT; PLUMAGE;

AVES;

EID: 77952671062     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0823-5     Document Type: Article

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