The spatial tuning of achromatic and chromatic vision in budgerigars

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Lind, Olle ^a   Kelber, Almut ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bird; Color vision; Pattern perception; Psychophysics; Spatial contrast sensitivity; Spatial vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054111853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.7.1     Document Type: Article

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