Comparison of the retinal structure and function in four bird species as a function of the time they start singing in the morning

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 202-214

  McNeil, R ^a   McSween, A ^a   Lachapelle, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Catharus guttatus; Cone; Dawn chorus; F number; Night vision; Quiscalus quiscula; Retina; Rod; Turdus migratorius; Zenaida macroura

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA IMAGE; RETINA ROD; SINGING; SPECIES COMPARISON; VISUAL FIELD; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; RETINA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CATHARUS GUTTATUS; COLUMBIFORMES; QUISCALUS; QUISCALUS QUISCULA; TURDIDAE; TURDUS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; ZENAIDA MACROURA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; CONES (RETINA); ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PUPIL; RETINA; RODS (RETINA); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 15944395580     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083881     Document Type: Article

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