Diurnal and nocturnal visual capabilities in shorebirds as a function of their feeding strategies

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-43

  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 Electroretinogram; Diurnal vision; Feeding strategies; Nocturnal vision; Retina; Rod; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SEASHORE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONES (RETINA); ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RAPTORS; RODS (RETINA); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISION;

EID: 0032953123     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006580     Document Type: Article

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