Corneal curvatures and refractions of Central American frogs

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-174

  Howland, Howard C ^a   Howland, Monica ^a   Giunta, Austin ^a   Cronin, Thomas W ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Anurans; Corneal radius

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BODY SIZE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CORNEA CURVATURE; EYE REFRACTION; FROG; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOMETRY; LIGHT REFRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOAD;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BODY WEIGHT; CORNEA; EYE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031035611     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00135-6     Document Type: Article

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