The Evolutionary and Ecological Context of Primate Vision

The Primate Visual System: A Comparative Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-36

  Martin, Robert D ^a   Ross, Callum F ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Color vision in mammals; Comparative interspecific approach; Cranial dimension analysis; Fossil euprimates; Nocturnal diurnal divide; Primate vision evolution; Primate visual system variations; Sensitivity and visual acuity; Trichromatic color vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889288096     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470868112.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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