Kiwi Forego Vision in the Guidance of Their Nocturnal Activities

BACKGROUND: In vision, there is a trade-off between sensitivity and resolution, and any eye which maximises information gain at low light levels needs to be large. This imposes exacting constraints upon vision in nocturnal flying birds. Eyes are essentially heavy, fluid-filled chambers, and in flyin...

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Autores principales: Martin, Graham R., Wilson, Kerry-Jayne, Martin Wild, J., Parsons, Stuart, Fabiana Kubke, M., Corfield, Jeremy
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1805817/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17332846
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000198

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1805817/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17332846
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000198

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