Behavioral, morphological and physiological correlates of diurnal and nocturnal vision in selected wading bird species

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 227-242

  Rojas, L M ^a   McNeil, R ^a   Cabana, T ^a   Lachapelle, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cone; Diurnal vision; Electroretinogram; Feeding strategies; Nocturnal vision; Retina; Rod; Wading birds

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CELL COUNT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONES (RETINA); ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; RETINA; RODS (RETINA); VISION;

EID: 0032819338     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006596     Document Type: Article

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