Visual ecology
Visual ecology is the study of how animals use visual systems to meet their ecological needs, how these systems have evolved, and how they are specialized for particular visual tasks. Visual Ecology provides the first up-to-date synthesis of the field to appear in more than three decades. Featuring some 225 illustrations, including more than 140 in color, spread throughout the text, this comprehensive and accessible book begins by discussing the basic properties of light and the optical environ…
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- Full title :Visual ecology / Thomas W. Cronin, Sönke Johnsen, N. Justin Marshall, and Eric J. Warrant.
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Visual ecology is the study of how animals use visual systems to meet their ecological needs, how these systems have evolved, and how they are specialized for particular visual tasks. Visual Ecology provides the first up-to-date synthesis of the field to appear in more than three decades. Featuring some 225 illustrations, including more than 140 in color, spread throughout the text, this comprehensive and accessible book begins by discussing the basic properties of light and the optical environment. It then looks at how photoreceptors intercept light and convert it to usable biologic.
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- Publication Date:2014.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication:Princeton
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (428 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781400853021, 1400853028
- oclc:ocn881611063
- LC Classification:QP475
- Dewey Decimal:612.8/4
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Light and the optical environment -- Visual pigments and photoreceptors -- The optical building blocks of eyes -- The eye designs of the animal kingdom -- Spatial vision -- Color vision -- Polarization vision -- Vision in attenuating media -- Motion vision and eye movements -- Vision in dim light -- Visual orientation and navigation -- Signals and camouflage.
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