pavo: An R package for the analysis, visualization and organization of spectral data

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 906-913

  Maia, Rafael ^a   Eliason, Chad M ^a   Bitton, Pierre Paul ^b   Doucet, Stéphanie M ^b   Shawkey, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal communication; Colour; Colourspace; Receptor noise; Reflectance; Sensory ecology; Spectrometry; Visual model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879545164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12069     Document Type: Article

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