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Photoluminescence in the bill of the Atlantic Puffin<i>Fratercula arctica</i>

Jamie Dunning, Antony W. Diamond, Stephen E. Christmas, Emma-Louise Cole, Rebecca L. Holberton, Hannah Jackson, Kevin G. Kelly, Dean Brown, Indira Rojas Rivera, Daniel Hanley

Bird Study · 2018 · 13 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

We report the discovery of photoluminescence in the ornamental bill of the Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica. The excitation and emission properties of the ceres of one dead and three live individuals were similar.

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