BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF BIRD COLORATION AND AVIAN COLOR-VISION INCLUDING ULTRAVIOLET RANGE

Authors
FINGER E BURKHARDT D
Citation
E. Finger et D. Burkhardt, BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF BIRD COLORATION AND AVIAN COLOR-VISION INCLUDING ULTRAVIOLET RANGE, Vision research, 34(11), 1994, pp. 1509-1514
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Ophthalmology
Journal title
Vision research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00426989
Volume
34
Issue
11
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1509 - 1514
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-6989(1994)34:11<1509:BAOBCA>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Many diurnal birds possess a set of four spectrally different types of cone photoreceptor. The spectral range of vision is extended into the UV by a UV receptor. We have investigated the spectral properties of plumage colours including the UV by reflection spectroscopy. Some basi c general principles of colour vision indicate that plumage colours ar e tuned to avian colour vision.