Variations in cone photoreceptor abundance and the visual ecology of birds

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

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 685-697

  Hart, Nathan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avian retina; Colour vision; Cone photoreceptors; Oil droplets; Retinal topography

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

OIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EYE FUNDUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; RETINA; RETINA CONE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONES (RETINA); ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FUNDUS OCULI; OILS; PIGMENTATION; RETINA; VARIATION (GENETICS); VISION;

EID: 0035666799     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-001-0240-3     Document Type: Article

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