Eye movements of laterally eyed birds are not independent

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1568-1575

  Voss, Joe ^a   Bischof, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Eye coordination; Eye tracking; Oculospatial constancy.; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FINCH; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; VISUAL FIELDS;

AVES; COLUMBA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 66149134467     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.024950     Document Type: Article

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