Diurnal and nocturnal visual function in two tactile foraging waterbirds: The American white ibis and the black skimmer

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 191-200

  Rojas, Luz Marina ^a   Mcneil, Raymond ^a   Cabana, Thérése ^a   Lachapelle, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

American White Ibis; Black Skimmer; cone; electroretinogram; Eudocimus ruber; nocturnal activity; nocturnal foraging; retina; rod; Rynchops niger; Scarlet Ibis; vision; waterbirds

Indexed keywords

AVES; EUDOCIMUS ALBUS; EUDOCIMUS RUBER; IBIS; RYNCHOPS NIGER;

EID: 0030972037     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370237     Document Type: Article

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