Effects of Habitat Light Intensity on Mammalian Eye Shape

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 905-914

  Veilleux, Carrie C ^a   Lewis, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea; Ecology; Eye; Habitat type; Light intensity; Vertical stratification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHEMERAL SPECIES; CORNEA; DIURNAL SPECIES; HABITAT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EYE; LIGHT; MAMMALS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 79955878006     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21368     Document Type: Article

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