Species-specific differences in relative eye size are related to patterns of edge avoidance in an Amazonian rainforest bird community

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 3736-3745

  Martínez Ortega, Cristina ^a   Santos, Eduardo S A ^b   Gil, Diego ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Avian vision; Ecology; Habitat use; Light environment; Perception

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 84908491745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1194     Document Type: Article

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