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Land, Michael F and Osorio, Daniel C (2003) Colour Vision: Colouring the Dark. Current Biology, 13 (3). R83-R85. ISSN 0960-9822
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00031-9
Abstract
Humans lose colour vision at night and it has often been assumed that this happens to other animals as well. It is not true of nocturnal moths, however: a recent study has shown that the elephant hawk moth makes use of trichromatic colour vision when seeking flowers by starlight.
Item Type: | Article |
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Schools and Departments: | School of Life Sciences > Biology and Environmental Science |
Depositing User: | Michael Land |
Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2012 21:08 |
Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2012 10:15 |
URI: | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/29682 |