Retrieve or plot in-built spectral sensitivity data

Retrieve (as an rspec object) or plot pavo's in-built spectral sensitivity data.

sensdata(
  visual = c("none", "all", "avg.uv", "avg.v", "bluetit", "ctenophorus", "star",
    "pfowl", "apis", "canis", "cie2", "cie10", "musca", "drosophila", "habronattus",
    "rhinecanthus"),
  achromatic = c("none", "all", "bt.dc", "ch.dc", "st.dc", "md.r1", "dm.r1", "ra.dc",
    "cf.r"),
  illum = c("none", "all", "bluesky", "D65", "forestshade"),
  trans = c("none", "all", "bluetit", "blackbird"),
  bkg = c("none", "all", "green"),
  plot = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

visual	visual systems. Options are: "none": no visual sensitivity data. "all": all visual sensitivity data. "apis": Honeybee Apis mellifera visual system. "avg.uv": average avian UV system. "avg.v": average avian V system. "bluetit": Blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus visual system. "canis": Canid Canis familiaris visual system. "cie2": 2-degree colour matching functions for CIE models of human colour vision. Functions are linear transformations of the 2-degree cone fundamentals of Stockman & Sharpe (2000), as ratified by the CIE (2006). "cie10": 10-degree colour matching functions for CIE models of human colour vision. Functions are linear transformations of the 10-degree cone fundamentals of Stockman & Sharpe (2000), as ratified by the CIE (2006). "ctenophorus": Ornate dragon lizard Ctenophorus ornatus. "musca": Housefly Musca domestica visual system. 'drosophila': Vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster (Sharkey et al. 2020). "pfowl": Peafowl Pavo cristatus visual system. "star": Starling Sturnus vulgaris visual system. "habronattus": Jumping spider Habronattus pyrrithrix. "rhinecanthus": Triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus.
achromatic	the sensitivity data used to calculate luminance (achromatic) receptor stimulation. Options are: "none": no achromatic sensitivity data. "all": all achromatic sensitivity data. "bt.dc": Blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus double cone. "ch.dc": Chicken Gallus gallus double cone. "st.dc": Starling Sturnus vulgaris double cone. "cf.r": Canid Canis familiaris rod "md.r1": Housefly Musca domestica R1-6 photoreceptor. 'dm.r1': Vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster R1-6 photoreceptor. "ra.dc": Triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus double cone.
illum	illuminants. Options are: "none": no illuminant data. "all": all background spectral data. "bluesky" open blue sky. "D65": standard daylight. "forestshade" forest shade.
trans	Ocular transmission data. Options are: "none": no transmission data. "all": all transmission data. "bluetit": blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus ocular transmission (from Hart et al. 2000). "blackbird": blackbird Turdus merula ocular transmission (from Hart et al. 2000).
bkg	background spectra. Options are: "none": no background spectral data. "all": all background spectral data. "green": green foliage.
plot	should the spectral data be plotted, or returned instead (defaults to FALSE)?
...	additional graphical options passed to plot.rspec() when plot = TRUE.

Value

An object of class rspec (when plot = FALSE), containing a wavelength column "wl" and spectral data binned at 1 nm intervals from 300-700 nm.

References

Sharkey, C. R., Blanco, J., Leibowitz, M. M., Pinto-Benito, D., & Wardill, T. J. (2020). The spectral sensitivity of Drosophila photoreceptors. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1-13.

Author

Thomas E. White thomas.white026@gmail.com

Rafael Maia rm72@zips.uakron.edu

Examples

# Plot the honeybee's receptors
sensdata(visual = "apis", ylab = "Absorbance", plot = TRUE)


# Plot the average UV vs V avian receptors
sensdata(visual = c("avg.v", "avg.uv"), ylab = "Absorbance", plot = TRUE)


# Retrieve the CIE colour matching functions as an rspec object
ciedat <- sensdata(visual = c("cie2", "cie10"))