Visual acuity, contrast sensitivity and retinal magnification in a marsupial, the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 379-387

  Hemmi, J M ^a   Mark, R F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Mammal; Resolution; Spatial vision; VEP

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; MALE; MARSUPIAL; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALIA; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS EUGENII; MACROPUS SP.; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 0032169481     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050264     Document Type: Article

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