Visual pigment and oil droplet characteristics of the bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), a new world migratory bird

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Beason, Robert C ^a   Loew, Ellis R ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird vision; Cone; Photoreceptor; Rod; Ultraviolet vision

Indexed keywords

OIL; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DOLICHONYX ORYZIVORUS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR MEMBRANE; PHOTORECEPTOR POTENTIAL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONES (RETINA); MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; OILS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 38549171490     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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