Feather microstructure of the black-billed magpie (pica pica sericea) and jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1047-1050

  Lee, Eunok ^a,b   Lee, Hang ^c   Kimura, Junpei ^c   Sugita, Shoei ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Barbules; Crow; Magpie; Melanin granules; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORVIDAE; CORVUS MACRORHYNCHOS; PICA PICA; PICA PICA SERICEA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIRD; COLOR; CROW; ECOSYSTEM; FEATHER; HUMAN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COLOR; CROWS; ECOSYSTEM; FEATHERS; HUMANS;

EID: 77957673689     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.09-0482     Document Type: Article

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