Visual ecology /
Cronin, Thomas W., 1945-
Visual ecology / Thomas W. Cronin, Sonke Johnsen, N. Justin Marshall, and Eric J. Warrant. - xx, 405 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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 flight and the optical environment. It then looks at how photoreceptors intercept light and convert it to usable biological signals, how the properties of these components affect a given receptor's sensitivity to light. The book goes on to examine how eyes and photoreceptors become specialized for an array of visual tasks, such as navigation, evading prey, mate choice, and communication. -- from dust jacket.
9780691151847 0691151849
40023995782 99961800399
2014002359
GBB496163 bnb
Animal 2017 Bildband
Vision.
Animal ecology.
Physiology, Comparative.
Eye--Evolution.
Vision, Ocular.
Animal ecology.
Eye--Evolution.
Physiology, Comparative.
Vision.
Evolution
Physiologie
Sehen
Visuelle Wahrnehmung
Vision.
Djurekologi.
Evolution.
QP475 / .C76 2014
612.8/4
QP475 / .C76 2014
2014 J-508 WW 103
Visual ecology / Thomas W. Cronin, Sonke Johnsen, N. Justin Marshall, and Eric J. Warrant. - xx, 405 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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 flight and the optical environment. It then looks at how photoreceptors intercept light and convert it to usable biological signals, how the properties of these components affect a given receptor's sensitivity to light. The book goes on to examine how eyes and photoreceptors become specialized for an array of visual tasks, such as navigation, evading prey, mate choice, and communication. -- from dust jacket.
9780691151847 0691151849
40023995782 99961800399
2014002359
GBB496163 bnb
Animal 2017 Bildband
Vision.
Animal ecology.
Physiology, Comparative.
Eye--Evolution.
Vision, Ocular.
Animal ecology.
Eye--Evolution.
Physiology, Comparative.
Vision.
Evolution
Physiologie
Sehen
Visuelle Wahrnehmung
Vision.
Djurekologi.
Evolution.
QP475 / .C76 2014
612.8/4
QP475 / .C76 2014
2014 J-508 WW 103