Structural colour and iridescence in plants: The poorly studied relations of pigment colour

Annals of Botany

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 505-511

  Glover, Beverley J ^a   Whitney, Heather M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffraction grating; Flower colour; Interference; Iridescence; Multilayer; Photoprotection; Pollinator attraction; Structural colour

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA;

PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT;

ANIMALS; COLOR; LIGHT; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS;

EID: 77953955804     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq007     Document Type: Article

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