Ultraviolet vision and foraging in dip and plunge diving birds

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 306-309

  Håstad, Olle ^a   Ernstdotter, Emma ^a   Ödeen, Anders ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fishes; Piscivory; Predation; Social communication; SWS1 cone opsin; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; FORAGING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AVES; LARIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 25444439328     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0320     Document Type: Article

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