Comparison of eye morphology and retinal topography in two species of new world vultures (Aves: Cathartidae)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 296, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1954-1970

  Lisney, Thomas J ^a   Stecyk, Karyn ^a   Kolominsky, Jeffrey ^a   Graves, Gary R ^b,c   Wylie, Douglas R ^a   Iwaniuk, Andrew N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird; Cathartes aura; Coragyps atratus; Olfaction; Retinal ganglion cell; Scavenging; Sensory ecology; Vision; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATHARTES AURA; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAGYPS ATRATUS; CORNEA; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINAL TOPOGRAPHY; SMELLING; STEREOLOGY; TRANSVERSE EYE DIAMETER; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; VULTURE (BIRD);

AVES; CATHARTES; CATHARTES AURA; CATHARTIDAE; CORAGYPS; CORAGYPS ATRATUS;

BIRD; CATHARTES AURA; CORAGYPS ATRATUS; OLFACTION; RETINAL GANGLION CELL; SCAVENGING; SENSORY ECOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EYE; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84888050644     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22815     Document Type: Article

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