Vertebrate pigmentation: from underlying genes to adaptive function

JK Hubbard, JAC Uy, ME Hauber, HE Hoekstra… - Trends in Genetics, 2010‏ - cell.com
Animal coloration is a powerful model for studying the genetic mechanisms that determine
phenotype. Genetic crosses of laboratory mice have provided extensive information about …

Animal cognition and animal behaviour

SJ Shettleworth - Animal behaviour, 2001‏ - Elsevier
Cognitive processes such as perception, learning, memory and decision making play an
important role in mate choice, foraging and many other behaviours. In this review, I …

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

R Maia, CM Eliason, PP Bitton… - Methods in Ecology …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Recent technical and methodological advances have led to a dramatic increase in the use of
spectrometry to quantify reflectance properties of biological materials, as well as models to …

[کتاب][B] Behavioral ecology of tropical birds

BJM Stutchbury, ES Morton - 2022‏ - books.google.com
Behavioral Ecology of Tropical Birds, Second Edition provides the most updated and
comprehensive review on the evolution of behavior in tropical landbirds. The book reviews …

Using digital photography to study animal coloration

M Stevens, CA Párraga, IC Cuthill… - Biological Journal of …, 2007‏ - academic.oup.com
In understanding how visual signals function, quantifying the components of those patterns
is vital. With the ever-increasing power and availability of digital photography, many studies …

Comparing entire colour patterns as birds see them

JA Endler, PW MIELKE JR - Biological Journal of the Linnean …, 2005‏ - academic.oup.com
Colour patterns and their visual backgrounds consist of a mosaic of patches that vary in
colour, brightness, size, shape and position. Most studies of crypsis, aposematism, sexual …

[کتاب][B] The biology of moult in birds

L Jenni, R Winkler - 2020‏ - books.google.com
The first comprehensive review of all aspects of the biology of moult, drawing information
from across the literature and in all birds, from penguins to passerines. Feathers are …

Evolution of avian plumage color in a tetrahedral color space: a phylogenetic analysis of new world buntings

MC Stoddard, RO Prum - The American Naturalist, 2008‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
We use a tetrahedral color space to describe and analyze male plumage color variation and
evolution in a clade of New World buntings—Cyanocompsa and Passerina (Aves …

Ultraviolet vision in birds

IC Cuthill, JC Partridge, ATD Bennett… - Advances in the Study of …, 2000‏ - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Birds can see ultraviolet (UV) light because, unlike humans, their lenses
and other ocular media transmit UV, and they possess a class of photoreceptor, which is …

Mechanisms and behavioural functions of structural coloration in cephalopods

LM Mäthger, EJ Denton… - Journal of the Royal …, 2009‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Octopus, squid and cuttlefish are renowned for rapid adaptive coloration that is used for a
wide range of communication and camouflage. Structural coloration plays a key role in …