Fifty shades of white: how white feather brightness differs among species

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Morphological basis of glossy red plumage colours

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The role of pigment based plumage traits in resolving conflicts

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Spectrally tuned structural and pigmentary coloration of birdwing butterfly wing scales

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Differential wear of feathers in the polymorphic New Zealand Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) ? a selective advantage of melanism?

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Melanin-Based Color of Plumage: Role of Condition and of Feathers' Microstructure

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A nanostructural basis for gloss of avian eggshells

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

A Linear-Time Algorithm for Gaussian and Non-Gaussian Trait Evolution Models

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Bright-White Beetle Scales Optimise Multiple Scattering of Light

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(2013) Diederik S. Wiersma   Nature Photonics

Key ornamental innovations facilitate diversification in an avian radiation

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Why are birds' eggs colourful? Eggshell pigments co-vary with life-history and nesting ecology among British breeding non-passerine birds

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

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The global diversity of birds in space and time

(2012) W. Jetz et al.   NATURE

Plasma Antioxidant Capacity and Oxidative Damage in Relation to Male Plumage Ornamental Traits in a Montane Iberian Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPopulation

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How colorful are birds? Evolution of the avian plumage color gamut

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Colour-producing  -keratin nanofibres in blue penguin (Eudyptula minor) feathers

(2011) L. D'Alba et al.   Biology Letters

Feather microstructure predicts size and colour intensity of a melanin-based plumage signal

(2011) Ismael Galván   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Kingfisher feathers - colouration by pigments, spongy nanostructures and thin films

(2011) D. G. Stavenga et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Proximate bases of silver color in anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) feathers

(2011) Matthew D. Shawkey et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Directional scattering from the glossy flower of Ranunculus: how the buttercup lights up your chin

(2011) S. Vignolini et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

A Natural Experiment on the Condition-Dependence of Achromatic Plumage Reflectance in Black-Capped Chickadees

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phytools: an R package for phylogenetic comparative biology (and other things)

(2011) Liam J. Revell   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

AIC model selection and multimodel inference in behavioral ecology: some background, observations, and comparisons

(2010) Kenneth P. Burnham et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Wintering Snowy Owls Bubo scandiacus integrate plumage colour, behaviour and their environment to maximize efficacy of visual displays

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Photonic nanoarchitectures in butterflies and beetles: valuable sources for bioinspiration

(2010) L.P. Biró et al.   Laser & Photonics Reviews

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

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Phylogenetic signal and linear regression on species data

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On silver wings: a fragile structural mechanism increases plumage conspicuousness

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Phylogenetic Logistic Regression for Binary Dependent Variables

(2009) Anthony R. Ives et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The importance of white on black: unmelanized plumage proportion predicts display complexity in birds

(2008) Ismael Galván   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

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