Using digital cameras to investigate animal colouration: Estimating sensor sensitivity functions

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 849-858

  Pike, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal vision; Colour signals; Digital cameras; Quadratic programming; Spectral sensitivity; Visual ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COLOR MORPH; PHOTORECEPTION; SIGNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79952705844     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1097-7     Document Type: Article

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