Reproducible research in the study of biological coloration

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 51-57

  White, Thomas E ^a   Dalrymple, Rhiannon L ^b   Noble, Daniel W A ^a,b   O'Hanlon, James C ^a   Zurek, Daniel B ^c   Umbers, Kate D L ^d,e,f  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Methods; Photography; Pigment; Spectrometry; Structural colour; Visual ecology; Visual modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930934413     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.05.007     Document Type: Note

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