Title Adaptive mechanisms in the ecology of vision / edited by S.N. Archer ... [and others]

Published Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer, [1999] ©1999

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Description xix, 668 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface; J. Woods. I: General Principles. 1. Light and Photoreception; E. Loew, S. Archer. II: Biophysical Adaptations. Introduction; J. Partridge. 2. Compound Eye Structure: Matching Eye to Environment; M.F. Land. 3. Vertebrate Optical Structure; J.G. Sivak, et al. 4. A Review of Vertebrate and Invertebrate Optical Filters; R.H. Douglas, N.J. Marshall. 5. Vertebrate Photoreceptors; A. Locket. 6. The Extraretinal Photoreceptors of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates; J. Shand, R.G. Foster. 7. The Regulation of Vertebrate Biological Clocks by Light; R.G. Foster, I. Provencio. III: Biochemical and Physiological Adaptations. Introduction; S. Archer, M.B.A. Djamgoz. 8. Adaptation of Visual Pigments to the Aquatic Environment; J.C. Partridge, M.E. Cummings. 9. Visual Adaptations in Crustaceans: Spectral Sensitivity in Diverse Habitats; J. Marshall, et al. 10. Outer Retinal Signal Processing; M. Djamgoz, et al. 11. Inner Retinal Signal Processing Adaptation to Environmental Light; L. Frishman. 12. Ecological Aspects of Vertebrate Visual Ontogeny; L. Beaudet, C.W. Hawryshyn. 13. Molecular Biology of Photoreceptor Spectral Sensitivity; J.K. Bowmaker, D.M. Hunt. IV: Behaviour and Communication. Introduction; E. Loew. 14. Visual Systems, Behaviour and Environment in Cephalapods; W. Muntz. 15. Optical Structure and Visual Fields in Birds: Their Relationships with Foraging Behaviour and Ecology; G. Martin. 16. Behavioural Ecology and Retinal Cell Topography; S. Collin. 17. Flower Advertisement for Invertebrates: Bees, A Case Study; M. Vorobyev, R. Menzel. 18. Bioluminescence; E. Widder. 19. The Behaviour of Animals around Twilight with Emphasis on Coral Reef Communities; W. McFarland, et al. 20. Vision and Behaviour in Primates; G.H. Jacobs Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Animal ecology. Animals -- Color. Eye -- Evolution. Physiology, Comparative. Vision. Author Archer, S. N. (Simon N.) LC no. 98031125 ISBN 0792353196 (alk. paper)

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