Morphometrics of the eyes and orbits of the nocturnal Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 855-865

  Iwaniuk, Andrew N ^a,b   Heesy, Christopher P ^c   Hall, Margaret I ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EYE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SEABIRD; SIZE; VISION;

AVES; CREAGRUS FURCATUS; LARIDAE;

EID: 77958095610     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z10-051     Document Type: Article

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