A review of color vision in white-tailed deer

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 684-691

  VerCauteren, Kurt C ^a   Pipas, Michael J ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cones; Odocoileus virginianus; Photopigments; Retina; Rods; Vision; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

DEER; VISION;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0142216185     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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