Avian retinal oil droplets: Dietary manipulation of colour vision?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1683, 2010, Pages 953-962

  Knott, Ben ^a   Berg, Mathew L ^a,b   Morgan, Eric R ^a   Buchanan, Katherine L ^b,c   Bowmaker, James K ^d   Bennett, Andrew T D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian vision; Carotenoids; Colour vision; Resource allocation; Retinal oil droplets; Visual ecology

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; BIRD; CAROTENOID; COLOR; DIETARY SHIFT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; OIL; PHOTORECEPTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; PLATYCERCUS ELEGANS; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 77950241013     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1805     Document Type: Article

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