Oil droplets of bird eyes: Microlenses acting as spectral filters

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1636, 2014, Pages

  Stavenga, Doekele G ^a   Wilts, Bodo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Dispersion; Feather colour; Kramers Kronig; Spectral tuning

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; BIRD; CAROTENOID; COLOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DROPLET; EYE; FEATHER; OIL; PHOTORECEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

CAROTENOID; OIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; DISPERSION; EYE; FEATHER; FEATHER COLOUR; HISTOLOGY; KRAMERS-KRONIG; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; SPECTRAL TUNING; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

CAROTENOIDS; DISPERSION; FEATHER COLOUR; KRAMERS-KRONIG; SPECTRAL TUNING;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CAROTENOIDS; COLOR; EYE; FEATHERS; LIGHT; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OILS; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 84891652509     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0041     Document Type: Article

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