Widespread cryptic dichromatism and ultraviolet reflectance in the largest radiation of neotropical songbirds: Implications of accounting for avian vision in the study of plumage evolution

Auk

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-221

  Burns, Kevin J ^a   Shultz, Allison J ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian vision; Cardinal; Coloration; Sexual dimorphism; Tanager; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

PASSERINE; PHYLOGENY; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD; TAXONOMY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CARDINALIS; EMBERIZINAE; PASSERI; PASSERINA (BIRDS);

EID: 84861365296     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2012.11182     Document Type: Article

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