Color vision in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 154-161

  Kelling, Angela S ^a,b   Snyder, Rebecca J ^a   Marr, M Jackson ^b   Bloomsmith, Mollie A ^b   Gardner, Wendy ^a   Maple, Terry L ^b  

^a ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; ARTICLE; BEAR; BRIGHTNESS; CARNIVORE; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GIANT PANDA; MALE; NONHUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; URSIDAE;

EID: 33749019713     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193191     Document Type: Article

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