The scaling of eye size in adult birds: Relationship to brain, head and body sizes

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 2345-2351

  Burton, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird; Brain; Head; Scaling; Vision

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BRAIN SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; EYE; FOWL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; EYE; HEAD; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 53049088016     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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