Comparative Color Vision
- 1st Edition - June 11, 2013
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Gerald Jacobs
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 3 3 6 7 2 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 5 9 8 9 - 0
Comparative Color Vision provides information about the means by which color vision has been studied in nonhuman animals and about the outcomes of these studies for a variety of… Read more
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Request a sales quoteComparative Color Vision provides information about the means by which color vision has been studied in nonhuman animals and about the outcomes of these studies for a variety of representative species. Individuals who become interested in color vision in animals come from a variety of different educational backgrounds—from the traditional biological and behavioral sciences as well as from more applied fields. Accordingly, this book includes sufficient tutorial information about color vision so that a relative newcomer would be able to make sense out of this area without having to search out still more background material. To provide this, basic information about the psychophysics of color vision and about the methods used to study color vision in animals is presented; along with coverage of the broad range of biological mechanisms responsible for color vision. Subsequent chapters present systematic reviews of studies of color vision in a wide selection of vertebrate species. The final chapter is devoted to a discussion of two fascinating issues raised by studies of animal color vision: the evolutionary origins and the functional utility of color vision.
PrefaceChapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Techniques and Goals of the Comparative Study of Color Vision I. The "Brightness" Problem II. Techniques for Measuring Color Vision III. Appropriate Color Vision Indices IV. Some Basic Data on Human Color Vision V. Cross-Species Standards for Color VisionChapter 3 Mechanisms for Color Vision I. Structural Overview of the Eye II. Ocular Filters III. Photoreceptors IV. Photopigments V. Neural Mechanisms VI. The Central Pathways for Color VisionChapter 4 Comparative Survey of Color Vision: Nonmammalian Vertebrates I. Amphibians: The Frog II. Reptiles: The Turtle III. Fish: The Goldfish IV. Birds: The Pigeon V. Colored Oil Droplets and Color VisionChapter 5 Comparative Survey of Color Vision: Mammals I. Rodents II. The Domestic Cat III. Nonhuman Primates IV. Comments on the Comparative Survey V. Results from Studies of Other MammalsChapter 6 Evolution of Color Vision I. The Utility of Color Vision II. Context for the Evolution of Color Vision III. Evolutionary Steps to Color VisionReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 11, 2013
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124336728
- eBook ISBN: 9780323159890
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