Quantifying Black Tern Feather Color Variation Using Reflectance Spectrometry

Kristina Davis; David Shealer; Daniel Baldassarre

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Author

Kristina Davis
David Shealer
Daniel Baldassarre

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2023

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/14877

Abstract

Black Terns exhibit subtle color variation that is difficult to distinguish with the naked eye. I quantified plumage color with reflectance spectrometry to investigate sex differences and whether color is involved in mate choice.

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