Effects of activity pattern on eye size and orbital aperture size in primates

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-170

  Kirk, E Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropoid origins; Convergence; Cornea; Diurnal; Nocturnal; Orbit; Strepsirrhine; Vision; Visual predation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; EYE; FOSSIL RECORD; PREDATION; PRIMATE;

CHEIROGALEUS; GALAGO MOHOLI; LORIS; NYCTICEBUS; PERODICTICUS; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES; STREPSIRHINI; TARSIUS;

EID: 33746265444     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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