The subtlety of simple eyes: The tuning of visual fields to perceptual challenges in birds

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1636, 2014, Pages

  Martin, Graham R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binocular vision; Birds; Foraging; Optic flow field; Sensory ecology; Visual fields

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EYE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LOCOMOTION; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION; TRAVEL TIME; VISION;

ANIMAL; BINOCULAR VISION; BIRD; EYE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; FORAGING; HISTOLOGY; OPTIC FLOW-FIELD; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY ECOLOGY; VISUAL FIELD;

BINOCULAR VISION; BIRDS; FORAGING; OPTIC FLOW-FIELD; SENSORY ECOLOGY; VISUAL FIELDS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EYE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84891638059     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0040     Document Type: Review

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