Tetrachromacy, oil droplets and bird plumage colours

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

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 621-633

  Vorobyev, M ^a,e   Osorio, D ^b   Bennett, A T D ^c   Marshall, N J ^d   Cuthill, I C ^c  

^a SECHENOV INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bird; Colour; Plumage; UV; Vision

Indexed keywords

LONG WAVELENGTH OPSIN; LONG-WAVELENGTH OPSIN; OIL; OPSIN; SHORT WAVELENGTH OPSIN; SHORT-WAVELENGTH OPSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEATHER; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; RETINA; SONGBIRD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEATHERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OILS; OPSIN; RETINA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SONGBIRDS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; LEIOTHRIX; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0032212608     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050286     Document Type: Article

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