Nocturnal colour vision - Not as rare as we might think

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 781-788

  Kelber, Almut ^a   Roth, Lina S V ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colour constancy; Colour vision; Night vision; Sensitivity; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; LIGHT; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LIGHT;

ANIMALIA; GEKKONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33645277632     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02060     Document Type: Review

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