A novel system for bi-ocular eye-tracking in vertebrates with laterally placed eyes

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1070-1077

  Tyrrell, Luke P ^a   Butler, Shannon R ^a   Yorzinski, Jessica L ^a   Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal behaviour; Binocular; Fovea; Gaze; Retina; Sensory; Vision; Visual ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84939259289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12249     Document Type: Article

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