Modelling oil droplet absorption spectra and spectral sensitivities of bird cone photoreceptors

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 381-392

  Hart, Nathan S ^a   Vorobyev, Misha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bird vision; Cone photoreceptors; Microspectrophotometry; Oil droplets; Spectral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

OIL; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; RETINA CONE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VISION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONES (RETINA); MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OILS; PIGMENTATION; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VISION;

EID: 17444422902     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0595-3     Document Type: Article

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