Kingfisher feathers - Colouration by pigments, spongy nanostructures and thin films

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 3960-3967

  Stavenga, Doekele G ^a   Tinbergen, Jan ^a   Leertouwer, Hein L ^a   Wilts, Bodo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Feather barbs; Feather cortex; Iridescence; Pigment granules; Scattering

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; FEATHER; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COLOR; FEATHERS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ALCEDO ATTHIS;

EID: 82055170493     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.062620     Document Type: Article

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