Dichromatic colour vision in an Australian marsupial, the tammar wallaby

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

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 509-515

  Hemmi, J M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Colour vision; Dichromacy; Mammal; Marsupial

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COLOR; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; MARSUPIAL; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; LIGHT; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE;

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

EID: 0033400130     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050411     Document Type: Article

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