Stimulus luminance and the spatial acuity of domestic fowl (Gallus g. domesticus)

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2747-2753

  Gover, Nick ^a   Jarvis, John R ^a   Abeyesinghe, Siobhan M ^a   Wathes, Christopher M ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acuity; Avian; Domestic fowl; Luminance; Modulation transfer function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOMESTIC FOWL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70449522033     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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