Visual fields in short-toed Eagles, Circaetus gallicus (Accipitridae), and the function of binocularity in birds

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 55-66

  Martin, Graham R ^a   Katzir, Gadi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aves; Binocular vision; Bird; Circaetus gallicus; Eye; Optic flow field; Short toed Eagle; Vision; Visual fields

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BIRD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EAGLES; RETINA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRIGIFORMES; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS;

ACCIPITRIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; CIRCAETUS GALLICUS; STEREOPSIS;

EID: 0033009846     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006582     Document Type: Article

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