2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Evolutionary Biology of Coloration. A revolutionary approach using multispectral imaging and pattern recognition engineering

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23770094
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Biodiversity/Systematics
Research Institution	公益財団法人山階鳥類研究所 (2012) Yamashina Institute for Ornithology (2011)
Principal Investigator	YAMASAKI Takeshi 公益財団法人山階鳥類研究所, 自然誌研究室, 研究員 (70390755)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2012
Keywords	色彩 / 進化 / 測色 / マルチスペクトル画像
Research Abstract	I have developed a new method to quantify coloration of organisms with digital imaging techniques. Conventional colorimetry using digital cameras usually subdivided the visible spectrum into only three bands (RGB), whereas the new method can make 401-band images in the maximum resolution, which record wavelength information from the ultraviolet to the visible region. This new method is expected to lead to revolutionary advances of studies of evolution of coloration.