Quantitative characterization of iridescent colours in biological studies: a novel method using optical theory

Two ways to display: male hummingbirds show different color-display tactics based on sun orientation

(2018) Richard K Simpson et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

It's not just what you have, but how you use it: solar-positional and behavioural effects on hummingbird colour appearance during courtship

(2018) Richard K. Simpson et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Wing scale ultrastructure underlying convergent and divergent iridescent colours in mimetic Heliconius butterflies

(2018) Andrew J. Parnell et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Genetic manipulation of structural color in bacterial colonies

(2018) Villads Egede Johansen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Magnificent magpie colours by feathers with layers of hollow melanosomes

(2017) Doekele G. Stavenga et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Structural coloured feathers of mallards act by simple multilayer photonics

(2017) Doekele G. Stavenga et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Disorder in convergent floral nanostructures enhances signalling to bees

(2017) Edwige Moyroud et al.   NATURE

Experimental evidence suggests that specular reflectance and glossy appearance help amplify warning signals

(2017) Samuel J. Waldron et al.   Scientific Reports

Development of structural colour in leaf beetles

(2017) Olimpia D. Onelli et al.   Scientific Reports

Multiple Structural Colors of the Plumage Reflect Age, Sex, and Territory Ownership in the Eurasian MagpiePica pica

(2016) Hyun-Young Nam et al.   ACTA ORNITHOLOGICA

Light-Induced Color Change in the Sapphirinid Copepods: Tunable Photonic Crystals

(2016) Dvir Gur et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A quantitative analysis of objective feather color assessment: Measurements in the laboratory do not reflect true plumage color

(2016) Iker Vaquero-Alba et al.   AUK

The influence of iridescent coloration directionality on male tree swallows’ reproductive success at different breeding densities

(2016) Sonia Van Wijk et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Morphological basis of glossy red plumage colours

(2016) Jean-Pierre Iskandar et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Selection, constraint, and the evolution of coloration in African starlings

(2016) Rafael Maia et al.   EVOLUTION

Unique wing scale photonics of male Rajah Brooke’s birdwing butterflies

(2016) Bodo D. Wilts et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Colour ornamentation in the blue tit: quantitative genetic (co)variances across sexes

(2016) A Charmantier et al.   HEREDITY

Reduced sexual dichromatism, mutual ornamentation, and individual quality in the monogamous Zenaida dove Zenaida aurita

(2016) Aurélie Quinard et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

A closer look at the feather coloration in the male purple sunbird, Nectarinia asiatica

(2016) Biswa Bhusana Mahapatra et al.   MICRON

Variability of the Structural Coloration in Two Butterfly Species with Different Prezygotic Mating Strategies

(2016) Gábor Piszter et al.   PLoS One

Wing Scale Orientation Alters Reflection Directions in the Green HairstreakChrysozephyrus smaragdinus(Lycaenidae; Lepidoptera)

(2016) Michio Imafuku et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

A unique self-organization of bacterial sub-communities creates iridescence in Cellulophaga lytica colony biofilms

(2016) Betty Kientz et al.   Scientific Reports

Molecular and iridescent feather reflectance data reveal recent genetic diversification and phenotypic differentiation in a cloud forest hummingbird

(2016) Juan Francisco Ornelas et al.   Ecology and Evolution

The Mechanism of Color Change in the Neon Tetra Fish: a Light-Induced Tunable Photonic Crystal Array

(2015) Dvir Gur et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Modular color evolution facilitated by a complex nanostructure in birds

(2015) Chad M. Eliason et al.   EVOLUTION

A reliable technique to quantify the individual variability of iridescent coloration in birds

(2015) Sonia Van Wijk et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Structural Basis for the Brilliant Colors of the Sapphirinid Copepods

(2015) Dvir Gur et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Measuring and modelling the reflectance spectra of male Swinhoe's pheasant feather barbules

(2015) C.-C. Lee et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

A bird's eye view of two mimetic tropical butterflies: coloration matches predator's sensitivity

(2015) T. J. Thurman et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Structural colour in Chondrus crispus

(2015) Chris J. Chandler et al.   Scientific Reports

High refractive index of melanin in shiny occipital feathers of a bird of paradise

(2015) Doekele G Stavenga et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Feather bacterial load affects plumage condition, iridescent color, and investment in preening in pigeons

(2014) S. Leclaire et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Molecular Phylogenetics and the Diversification of Hummingbirds

(2014) Jimmy A. McGuire et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Signal design and courtship presentation coincide for highly biased delivery of an iridescent butterfly mating signal

(2014) Thomas E. White et al.   EVOLUTION

Warning Color Changes in Response to Food Deprivation in the Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly,Battus philenor

(2014) Kimberly V. Pegram et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

The Structural Basis for Enhanced Silver Reflectance in Koi Fish Scale and Skin

(2014) Dvir Gur et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A nanostructural basis for gloss of avian eggshells

(2014) B. Igic et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Now you see me, now you don’t: iridescence increases the efficacy of lizard chromatic signals

(2014) Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Sparkling feather reflections of a bird-of-paradise explained by finite-difference time-domain modeling

(2014) B. D. Wilts et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Female mating preferences and male signal variation in iridescent Hypolimnas butterflies

(2013) Darrell J. Kemp et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Eye for an eyespot: how iridescent plumage ocelli influence peacock mating success

(2013) Roslyn Dakin et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Shiny wing scales cause spec(tac)ular camouflage of the angled sunbeam butterfly,Curetis acuta

(2013) Bodo D. Wilts et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Female blue tits with brighter yellow chests transfer more carotenoids to their eggs after an immune challenge

(2013) Afiwa Midamegbe et al.   OECOLOGIA

Key ornamental innovations facilitate diversification in an avian radiation

(2013) R. Maia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How hollow melanosomes affect iridescent colour production in birds

(2013) C. M. Eliason et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Iridescent colour production in hairs of blind golden moles (Chrysochloridae)

(2012) H. K. Snyder et al.   Biology Letters

Large-scale geographic variation in iridescent structural ornaments of a long-distance migratory bird

(2012) Pierre Legagneux et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Dietary protein level affects iridescent coloration in Anna's hummingbirds, Calypte anna

(2012) M. G. Meadows et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Relative contributions of pigments and biophotonic nanostructures to natural color production: a case study in budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) feathers

(2012) L. D'Alba et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Male-specific Iridescent Coloration in the Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) is Used in Mate Choice by Females but not Sexual Discrimination by Males

(2012) Ronald L. Rutowski et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR

Phase-Adjusting Layers in the Multilayer Reflector of a Jewel Beetle

(2012) Shinya Yoshioka et al.   JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

Iridescence: a functional perspective

(2012) S. M Doucet et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

A photonic heterostructure produces diverse iridescent colours in duck wing patches

(2012) C. M. Eliason et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Variable multilayer reflection together with long-pass filtering pigment determines the wing coloration of papilionid butterflies of the nireus group

(2012) Tomasz M. Trzeciak et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Glitter-Like Iridescence within the Bacteroidetes Especially Cellulophaga spp.: Optical Properties and Correlation with Gliding Motility

(2012) Betty Kientz et al.   PLoS One

Pointillist structural color in Pollia fruit

(2012) S. Vignolini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Weak Iridescent Feather Color in the Jungle CrowCorvus macrorhynchos

(2012) Eunok Lee et al.   ORNITHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Quantifying iridescent coloration in animals: a method for improving repeatability

(2011) Melissa G. Meadows et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Achieving luster: prenuptial molt pattern predicts iridescent structural coloration in Blue-black Grassquits

(2011) Rafael Maia et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Blue, not UV, plumage color is important in satin bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus display

(2011) Jean-François Savard et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Spatial reflection patterns of iridescent wings of male pierid butterflies: curved scales reflect at a wider angle than flat scales

(2011) Primož Pirih et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Decreased hydrophobicity of iridescent feathers: a potential cost of shiny plumage

(2011) C. M. Eliason et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Polarized iridescence of the multilayered elytra of the Japanese jewel beetle, Chrysochroa fulgidissima

(2011) D. G. Stavenga et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Direct determination of the refractive index of natural multilayer systems

(2011) Shinya Yoshioka et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Structural color change following hydration and dehydration of iridescent mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) feathers

(2011) Matthew D. Shawkey et al.   ZOOLOGY

Effects of cuticle structure and crystalline wax coverage on the coloration in young and old males of Calopteryx splendens and Calopteryx virgo

(2011) Katja Kuitunen et al.   ZOOLOGY

Structural origin of the green iridescence on the chelicerae of the red-backed jumping spider, Phidippus johnsoni (Salticidae: Araneae)

(2010) A.L. Ingram et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

Condition dependence of iridescent wing flash-marks in two species of dabbling ducks

(2010) Pierre Legagneux et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Age, sex and beauty: methodological dependence of age- and sex-dichromatism in the great tit Parus major

(2010) SIMON R. EVANS et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Iridescent hindwing patches in the Pipevine Swallowtail: differences in dorsal and ventral surfaces relate to signal function and context

(2010) Ronald L. Rutowski et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Unique Reflection Property Due to Bumpy Multilayer Structure in Elytra ofRhomborrhina unicolor

(2010) Susumu Edo et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Butterfly wing colors: glass scales of Graphium sarpedon cause polarized iridescence and enhance blue/green pigment coloration of the wing membrane

(2010) D. G. Stavenga et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Rapid, reversible response of iridescent feather color to ambient humidity

(2010) Chad M. Eliason et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Contribution of double scattering to structural coloration in quasiordered nanostructures of bird feathers

(2010) Heeso Noh et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

What makes a feather shine? A nanostructural basis for glossy black colours in feathers

(2010) R. Maia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Dramatic colour changes in a bird of paradise caused by uniquely structured breast feather barbules

(2010) D. G. Stavenga et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

COLOR EVOLUTION IN THE HUMMINGBIRD GENUSCOELIGENA

(2009) Juan Luis Parra   EVOLUTION

Structural colours create a flashing cue for sexual recognition and male quality in a Neotropical giant damselfly

(2009) Tom D. Schultz et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Different roles of natural and sexual selection on senescence of plumage colour in the barn swallow

(2009) Ismael Galván et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Iridescent structural colour production in male blue-black grassquit feather barbules: the role of keratin and melanin

(2009) R. Maia et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Structural color change in longhorn beetles Tmesisternus isabellae

(2009) F. Liu et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Plumage characteristics, reproductive investment and assortative mating in tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor

(2008) Pierre-Paul Bitton et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Inconspicuous structural coloration in the elytra of beetlesChlorophila obscuripennis(Coleoptera)

(2008) Feng Liu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Physics of structural colors

(2008) S Kinoshita et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS