True colours
Publication Type: |
Magazine Article |
Year of Publication: |
2004 |
Authors: |
Rex Dalton |
Publication/Journal: |
Nature |
Publisher: |
Nature Publishing Group |
Keywords: |
behavior, behaviour, birds, ultraviolet, uv vision |
Abstract:
It’s only when you begin to see the world as birds do — detecting light in the ultraviolet spectrum — that the full subtlety of their behaviour is revealed. Rex Dalton catches a glimpse.