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Hummingbird plumage color diversity exceeds the known gamut of all other birds

A color gamut quantitatively describes the diversity of a taxon’s integumentary coloration as seen by a specific organismal visual system. We estimated the plumage color gamut of hummingbirds (Trochilidae), a family known for its diverse barbule structural coloration, using a tetrahedral avian color...

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Autores principales: Venable, Gabriela X., Gahm, Kaija, Prum, Richard O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9226176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35739263
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03518-2