The intensity threshold of colour vision in two species of parrot

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3693-3699

  Lind, Olle ^a   Kelber, Almut ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavioural experiments; Bird; Colour vision; Optical sensitivity; Schematic eye; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CYTOLOGY; EYE; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PARROT; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR VISION; EYE; LIGHT; PARROTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

AVES; MELOPSITTACUS; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; NEOPSEPHOTUS BOURKII; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 70449914557     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.035477     Document Type: Article

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