Seasonal changes in a ultraviolet structural colour signal in blue tits, Parus caeruleus

By Jonas Örnborg, S. Andersson, Simon C. Griffith, Ben C. Sheldon. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change

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Citations in the corpus

• UV-blue structural coloration and competition for nestboxes in male eastern bluebirds (2005, unknown): “The reflectance measures of structural plumage in blue tits vary with seasonality, probably due to feather wear or the accumulation of dirt on the feather (Örnborg et al. 2002).”
• Ultraviolet reflectance affects male-male interactions in the blue tit (Parus caeruleus ultramarinus) (2004, background): “First, recent findings showed that UV reflectance of blue tit crown feathers is maximal in winter (Örnborg et al., 2002), when tits form large flocks (Cramp and Perrins, 1993).”
• Feather-Degrading Bacteria: A New Frontier in Avian and Host–Parasite Research? (2008, background): “Interestingly, Blue Tits’ structural feather color increases in brightness but has reduced UV chroma after molt and throughout the breeding season (Örnborg et al. 2002), a pattern of structural color change remarkably similar to that inflicted by FDB in vitro.”
• Iridescent structurally based coloration of eyespots correlates with mating success in the peacock (2007, methodology): “Brightness is the total reflectance over the wavelength 300–700 nm (Endler 1990; Andersson et al. 1998; Örnborg et al. 2002; Shawkey et al. 2005).”
• Growing in Cities: An Urban Penalty for Wild Birds? A Study of Phenotypic Differences between Urban and Rural Great Tit Chicks (Parus major) (2017, unknown): “Carotenoid chroma reflects the carotenoid content of feathers and was calculated as the relative difference between the maximal (plateau at wavelength above 500 nm) and minimal (between 445 and 455 nm, corresponding to wavelengths of maximum absorbance of carotenoids) reflectance in the visible part”
• Seasonal changes in blue tit crown color: Do they signal individual quality? (2006, methodology): “Different patterns of change in crown brightness were also evident between Swedish populations (Örnborg et al. 2002).”
• Comparing plumage colour measurements obtained directly from live birds and from collected feathers: the case of the great tit Parus major (2006, background): “Measurements of plumage coloration with the spec- trometer may be taken directly on the bird (Andersson et al. 1998, Siitari and Huhta 2002, Örnborg et al. 2002, Eaton and Lanyon 2003, Doucet and Montgomerie 2003a, Alonso-Alvarez et al. 2004) but this requires to carry the devices to the field,…”
• Ornamental plumage coloration and condition are dependent on age in eastern bluebirds Sialia sialis (2005, background): “Örnborg et al. (2002) found that the reflectance measures of structural plumage in blue tits Parus caeruleus varied over the course of many months, probably due to feather wear or the accumulation of dirt on the feather.”