Visual pigments, oil droplets and cone photoreceptor distribution in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1433-1446

  Hart, N S ^a   Partridge, J C ^a   Cuthill, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird; Colour vision; Cone photoreceptors; European starling; Microspectrophotometry; MSP; Oil droplets; Sturnus vulgaris; Vision; Visual pigments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031859586     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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