A novel method for quantifying the glossiness of animals

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1047-1055

  Toomey, Matthew B ^a   Butler, Michael W ^a   Meadows, Melissa G ^a   Taylor, Lisa A ^a   Fokidis, H Bobby ^a   McGraw, Kevin J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird plumage; Image statistics; Iridescence; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MUSEUM; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SIGNALING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVUS CRYPTOLEUCUS; QUISCALUS; QUISCALUS MEXICANUS; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 77952672064     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0926-z     Document Type: Article

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