Brightness discrimination ability in the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1587-1592

  Griebel, Ulrike ^a   Schmid, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brightness discrimination; Manatee; Sirenia; Trichechus manatus; Vision; Visual sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; MAMMALS;

EID: 0031172674     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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