Ultraviolet vision in birds: the importance of transparent eye mediadoi:10.1098/rspb.2013.2209ocularmediatransmittanceultravioletsensitivitycolourvisionbirdevolutionUltraviolet (UV)-sensitive visual pigments are widespread in the animal kingdom but many animals, for example primates, block UV light from ...
Here the authors review the evidence for UV vision in birds, discuss the special properties of UV light, lay out in detail hypotheses for the function of UV vision in birds and discuss their plausibility. The main hypotheses are that UV vision functions: (i) in orientation, (ii) in ...
The phylogenetic distribution of ultraviolet sensitivity in birds.The phylogenetic distribution of ultraviolet sensitivity in birds.doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-36Background: Colour vision in birds can be categorized into two classes, the ultraviolet (UVS) and violet sensitive (VS). Their phylogenetic distr...
byBioMed Central Ultraviolet vision evolved at least eight times in birds from a common violet sensitive ancestor finds a study published in BioMed Central's open access journalBMC Evolutionary Biology. All of these are due to single nucleotide changes in the DNA. Modern daytime birds either have ...
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Ultraviolet vision in birds: the importance of transparent eye media in dim hollow-nests of passerines and parrots. The correlation between eye size and UV transparency of the ocular media suggests little or no lens ... O Lind,M Mitkus,P Olsson,... - 《Proceedings of the Royal Society B ...
Many birds see in the ultraviolet (300-400 nm), but there is limited evidence for colour communication (signalling by spectral shape independently of brightness) in this 'hidden' waveband. Such data are critical for the understanding of extravagant plumage colours, some of which show considerable...
Ultraviolet vision in birds: What is its function? Although UV vision was first demonstrated in birds in the early 1970s, its function is still unknown. Here we review the evidence for UV vision in birds, d... TD A.,Bennett,and,... - 《Vision Research》 被引量: 1654发表: 1994年 Go...
These humming- birds are most sensitive to approximately 560 nm and have low UV sensitivity. Most flowers on which these hummingbirds forage are yellow,... G Herrera,M Ferández,N Pohl 被引量: 5发表: 2004年 加载更多来源期刊 The Open Medical Informatics Journal 研究点推荐 Hummingbirds humm...
Recent research has highlighted the extent to which birds utilise ultraviolet vision in mate choice and foraging. However, neither the importance of the ul... SA Maddocks,SC Church,IC Cuthill - 《Journal of Experimental Biology》 被引量: 140发表: 2001年 Quality of public information matters in...