Retinal spectral sensitivity, fur coloration, and urine reflectance in the genus Octodon (Rodentia): Implications for visual ecology

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2290-2296

  Chávez, Andrés E ^a   Bozinovic, Francisco ^b   Peichl, Leo ^c   Palacios, Adrián G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; RODENT; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; URINE; VISION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COLOR PERCEPTION; DARK ADAPTATION; ECOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HAIR COLOR; LIGHT; RETINA; RODENTIA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; URINALYSIS; VISION;

EID: 0242416952     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.02-0670     Document Type: Article

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