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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...
Autores principales: | Martin, Graham R., Wilson, Kerry-Jayne, Martin Wild, J., Parsons, Stuart, Fabiana Kubke, M., Corfield, Jeremy |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2007
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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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