04295nam 2200673Ia 450 991079014970332120200520144314.066136252131-280-59538-897866136252120-19-162423-3(CKB)2670000000170577(EBL)886475(OCoLC)784886651(SSID)ssj0000657827(PQKBManifestationID)12295052(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000657827(PQKBWorkID)10680976(PQKB)11272642(MiAaPQ)EBC886475(Au-PeEL)EBL886475(CaPaEBR)ebr10546335(CaONFJC)MIL362521(PPN)170304582(EXLCZ)99267000000017057720120417d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAnimal eyes[electronic resource] /Michael F Land, Dan-Eric Nilsson2nd ed.Oxford ;New York, NY Oxford University Press20121 online resource (291 p.)Oxford animal biology seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-958114-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; 1 The origin of vision; The first eyes; Evolution of the essential components of visual systems; Evolution of visual function; The diversity of eye design; Summary; 2 Light and vision; The nature of light; Light intensity; Contrast; Wavelength and colour; Polarization; Summary; 3 What makes a good eye?; Fundamentals; Resolution; Sensitivity; Conclusions; Summary; 4 Aquatic eyes: the evolution of the lens; Evolutionary origins; Pinhole eyes: giant clams and Nautilus; Under-focused lens eyes; Forming a sharp image; Eyes of fish and cephalopods; Matching eye to environmentEyes with non-spherical lensesSummary; 5 Lens eyes on land; A new optical surface; Basic optics of cornea and lens; Variations on the lens/cornea theme in land vertebrates; Amphibious eyes; Invertebrate eyes with corneal optics; Summary; 6 Mirrors in animals; Mirrors in eyes; The physical optics of animal reflectors; Uses of photonic reflectors in structures other than eyes; Summary; 7 Apposition compound eyes; Origins; A little history: apposition and neural superposition; Basic optics; Ecological variations in apposition design; The anomalous eyes of strepsipterans and trilobites; Summary8 Superposition eyesIntroduction-the nature of superposition imagery; Refracting superposition; Superposition and afocal apposition: the eyes of butterflies; Reflecting superposition; Parabolic superposition; Summary; 9 Movements of the eyes; Sampling the world in space and time; How humans acquire visual information; Are other animals like us?; Insect flight behaviour seen as eye movement; Translational saccades: head-bobbing in birds; Why not let the eyes wander? Some consequences of image motion; Exceptions: rotational scanning by one-dimensional retinae; SummaryPrincipal symbols used in the textReferences; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; ZAnimal Eyes provides a comparative account of all known types of eye in the animal. kingdom, outlining their structure and function with an emphasis on the nature of. the optical systems and the physical principles involved in image formation. A. universal theme throughout the book is the evolution and taxonomic distribution of. each type of eye, and the roles of different eye types in the behaviour and ecology. of the animals that possess them. In comparing the specificcapabilities of eyes, it. considers the factors that lead to good resolution of detail and the ability to. function under a wOxford animal biology series.EyeZoologyEye.Zoology.573.8/8Land Michael F475798Nilsson Dan-Eric1550398MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790149703321Animal eyes3809200UNINA