Ultraviolet vision and avoidance of power lines in birds and mammals

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 630-631

  Tyler, Nicholas ^a   Stokkan, Karl Arne ^a   Hogg, Chris ^b   Nellemann, Christian ^c   Vistnes, Arnt Inge ^d   Jeffery, Glen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNEP GRID Arendal   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MAMMALS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84900456024     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12262     Document Type: Letter

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