Visual accommodation and active pursuit of prey underwater in a plunge-diving bird: The Australasian gannet

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1745, 2012, Pages 4118-4125

  Machovsky Capuska, Gabriel E ^a   Howland, Howard C ^b   Raubenheimer, David ^a   Vaughn Hirshorn, Robin ^c   Würsig, Bernd ^c   Hauber, Mark E ^d   Katzir, Gadi ^e  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amphibious vision; Corneal power; Foraging tactics; Gannets; Underwater accommodation; Visual prey detection

Indexed keywords

MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREY CAPTURE; SEABIRD; UNDERWATER CAMERA; VISUAL ANALYSIS; WATER COLUMN; WING;

AVES; MORUS SERRATOR; SULIDAE;

EID: 84866100601     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1519     Document Type: Article

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