Ecomorphology of eye shape and retinal topography in waterfowl (Aves: Anseriformes: Anatidae) with different foraging modes

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 385-402

  Lisney, Thomas J ^a   Stecyk, Karyn ^a   Kolominsky, Jeffrey ^a   Schmidt, Brian K ^b   Corfield, Jeremy R ^c   Iwaniuk, Andrew N ^c   Wylie, Douglas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Duck; Feeding behavior; Retinal ganglion cell; Visual acuity; Visual streak

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIET; DIVING; DUCKS AND GEESE; ECOSYSTEM; EYE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; DIET; DIVING; ECOSYSTEM; EYE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWIMMING; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84876434720     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-013-0802-1     Document Type: Article

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