Why do birds sleep with one eye open? Light exposure of the chick embryo as a determinant of monocular sleep

Current Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 971-974

  Mascetti, Gian Gastone ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035954310     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00265-2     Document Type: Article

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