How many color metrics do we need? Evaluating how different color-scoring procedures explain carotenoid pigment content in avian bare-part and plumage ornaments

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 401-413

  Butler, Michael W ^a   Toomey, Matthew B ^a   McGraw, Kevin J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Carpodacus mexicanus; Ornamentation; Principal components analysis; Taeniopygia guttata; Tristimulus; Ultraviolet; Visual model

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CAROTENOID; COLOR MORPH; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORNAMENTATION; PLUMAGE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANIMALIA; AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 78651518941     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1074-1     Document Type: Article

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