Search Results - Open Polar - "plumage"

Select result number 1
1

Ultraviolet reflecting photonic microstructures in the King Penguin beak

by Dresp, Birgitta, Jouventin, Pierre, Langley, Keith
Published in Biology Letters (2005)
“... and auricular plumage, but only its beak reflects UV, a property considered to influence its sexual attraction...”

Get access
Get access
Get access

Text
Select result number 2
2

Ultraviolet reflecting photonic microstructures in the King Penguin beak.

by Dresp, Birgitta, Jouventin, Pierre, Langley, Keith
Published in Biology Letters (2005)
“... and auricular plumage, but only its beak reflects UV, a property considered to influence its sexual attraction...”

Get access
Get access
Get access

Article in Journal/Newspaper
Select result number 3
3

Emperor penguin body surfaces cool below air temperature

by McCafferty, D. J., Gilbert, C., Thierry, A.-M., Currie, J., Le Maho, Y., Ancel, A.
Published in Biology Letters (2013)
“... surrounding air. However, owing to the low thermal conductivity of plumage any heat transfer to the skin...”

Get access
Get access
Get access

Text