Visual fields in hornbills: Precision-grasping and sunshades

Ibis

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-26

  Martin, Graham R ^a   Coetzee, Hendri C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b The Mabula Ground Hornbill Research and Conservation Project   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISION;

AVES; BUCEROTIDAE; BUCORVUS; BUCORVUS LEADBEATERI; CORACIIFORMES; GALLIFORMES; TOCKUS; TOCKUS LEUCOMELAS;

EID: 1642506276     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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