Flight Distance and Eye Size in Birds

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 458-465

  Møller, Anders P ^a,b   Erritzøe, Johannes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b Center for Advanced Study   (Norway)

^c Taps Old Rectory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIRD; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EYE; FLIGHT; PREDATION RISK; SIZE EFFECT;

AVES;

EID: 77953153220     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01754.x     Document Type: Article

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