Seasonal changes in colour: A comparison of structural, melanin- and carotenoid-based plumage colours

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Delhey, Kaspar ^a   Burger, Claudia ^a   Fiedler, Wolfgang ^a   Peters, Anne ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; MELANIN;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRIGHTNESS; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; FEATHER; FEMALE; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PARUS MAJOR; REFLECTOMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURDUS MERULA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SONGBIRD; SPECTROSCOPY;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; TURDUS MERULA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CAROTENOIDS; FEATHERS; MELANINS; PASSERIFORMES; PIGMENTATION; SONGBIRDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955396939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011582     Document Type: Article

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