Eye morphology in cathemeral lemurids and other mammals

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 27-49

  Kirk, E Christopher ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Department of Anthropology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Anthropoids; Cornea; Eulemur; Evolutionary disequilibrium; Hapalemur; Primate; Vision; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EYE; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EYE; MAMMALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISION;

EULEMUR; HAPALEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 30844434171     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089694     Document Type: Conference Paper

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