Bird Coloration

One cannot help being struck with wonder at the vivid pink of 10,000 flamingos rising from Lake Nakuru or the glowing red gorget of a ruby-throated hummingbird feeding outside the kitchen window. How birds produce the brilliant and striking coloration of their feathers and other body parts is the focus of this first volume of Bird Coloration. It has been more than 40 years since the mechanisms of color production of birds have been reviewed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674018931
• ISBN13: 9780674018938
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.8" x 9.2"