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- Kiwi forego vision in the guidance of their nocturnal activities
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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 flying birds their increased size is countered by selection for both reduced body mass and the distribution of mass towards the body core. Freed from these mass constraints, it would be predicted that i...
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- 2007-02
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- Martin, G / Wilson, K / Wild, J / Parsons, S / Kubke, M / Corfield, J
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- https://hdl.handle.net/10182/583
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- Kiwi / Apterygidae / visual system / senses / sensory capacities / Eye / Visual Pathways / Animals / Birds / Palaeognathae / Brain Mapping / Appetitive Behavior / Exploratory Behavior / Touch / Smell / Ecosystem / Species Specificity / Circadian Rhythm / Visual Fields / Darkness / Night Vision / Biological Evolution / Marsden::270500 Zoology
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