Blue, not UV, plumage color is important in satin bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus display

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 80-84

  Savard, Jean François ^a   Keagy, Jason ^b   Borgia, Gerald ^a,b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CORRELATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; REFLECTANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

AVES; PTILONORHYNCHUS VIOLACEUS;

EID: 79952027477     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05128.x     Document Type: Article

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