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Thomas W. Cronin

Profese: profesor

Země: USA

Thomas W. Cronin

Education

Postdoctoral, Yale University, 1983
PhD, Duke University, 1979
MS, Duke University, 1969
SciB, Dickinson College, 1967

Publikace autora

Visual ecology

Visual ecology

Thomas W. Cronin

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 biological signals, how the pigments and cells of vision vary among animals, and 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. [press.princeton.edu]

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Financováno EU
NPO
Ministerstvo kultury
Jihlava
Státní fond kinematografie
Kraj Vysočina
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