Unexpectedly low UV-sensitivity in a bird, the budgerigar

Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Chavez, Johanna ^a   Kelber, Almut ^a   Vorobyev, Misha ^a,b   Lind, Olle ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bird senses; Colour constancy; Receptor adaptation; Spectral sensitivity; UV vision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; COLOR; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PHOTORECEPTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL CUE;

AVES; MELOPSITTACUS;

ANIMAL; BUDGERIGAR; LIGHT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; LIGHT; MALE; MELOPSITTACUS; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84920024734     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0670     Document Type: Article

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