Add to ORKGWe propose that the Kiwi visual system has undergone adaptive regression evolution driven by the trade-off between the relatively low rate of gain of visual information that is possible at low light levels, and the metabolic costs of extracting that information
The impact of light intensity and spectrum on the behaviour of captive brown kiwi Apteryx mantelli ...
Brown kiwis are an endangered species of nocturnal, flightless birds which are native to New Zealand...
The Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) is a rare, nocturnal parrot species that has largely escap...
Background In vision, there is a trade-off between sensitivity and resolution, and any eye which max...
Background. In vision, there is a trade-off between sensitivity and resolution, and any eye which ma...
Free to read Kiwi (Apteryx spp.) have a visual system unlike that of other nocturnal birds, and have...
Background: Kiwi, comprising five species from the genus Apteryx, are endangered, ground-dwelling bi...
The shift from a diurnal to nocturnal lifestyle in vertebrates is generally associated with either e...
The ability to function in a nocturnal and ground-dwelling niche requires a unique set of sensory sp...
The shift from a diurnal to nocturnal lifestyle in vertebrates is generally associated with either e...
The ability to function in a nocturnal and ground-dwelling niche requires a unique set of sensory sp...
Argues that birds living under low-light conditions, where vision is less efficient, should have evo...
Avian cranial anatomy is constrained by the competing (or complementary) requirements and costs of v...
The aim of my PhD research was to investigate how avian behaviours may be constrained by eye design ...
SummaryThe intensity threshold of colour vision has been behaviourally tested in birds; the results ...
The impact of light intensity and spectrum on the behaviour of captive brown kiwi Apteryx mantelli ...
Brown kiwis are an endangered species of nocturnal, flightless birds which are native to New Zealand...
The Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) is a rare, nocturnal parrot species that has largely escap...
Background In vision, there is a trade-off between sensitivity and resolution, and any eye which max...
Background. In vision, there is a trade-off between sensitivity and resolution, and any eye which ma...
Free to read Kiwi (Apteryx spp.) have a visual system unlike that of other nocturnal birds, and have...
Background: Kiwi, comprising five species from the genus Apteryx, are endangered, ground-dwelling bi...
The shift from a diurnal to nocturnal lifestyle in vertebrates is generally associated with either e...
The ability to function in a nocturnal and ground-dwelling niche requires a unique set of sensory sp...
The shift from a diurnal to nocturnal lifestyle in vertebrates is generally associated with either e...
The ability to function in a nocturnal and ground-dwelling niche requires a unique set of sensory sp...
Argues that birds living under low-light conditions, where vision is less efficient, should have evo...
Avian cranial anatomy is constrained by the competing (or complementary) requirements and costs of v...
The aim of my PhD research was to investigate how avian behaviours may be constrained by eye design ...
SummaryThe intensity threshold of colour vision has been behaviourally tested in birds; the results ...
The impact of light intensity and spectrum on the behaviour of captive brown kiwi Apteryx mantelli ...
Brown kiwis are an endangered species of nocturnal, flightless birds which are native to New Zealand...
The Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) is a rare, nocturnal parrot species that has largely escap...