Modelling oil droplet absorption spectra and spectral sensitivities of bird cone photoreceptors

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Journal of Comparative Physiology

• Publication date

  2005-02-15

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1007/s00359-004-0595-3PMID 15711964
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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