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Functional characterization of spectral tuning mechanisms in the great bowerbird short-wavelength sensitive visual pigment (SWS1), and the origins of UV/violet vision in passerines and parrots

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Ecology and Evolution, November 2013
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Title
Functional characterization of spectral tuning mechanisms in the great bowerbird short-wavelength sensitive visual pigment (SWS1), and the origins of UV/violet vision in passerines and parrots
Published in
BMC Ecology and Evolution, November 2013
DOI 10.1186/1471-2148-13-250
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Ilke van Hazel, Amir Sabouhanian, Lainy Day, John A Endler, Belinda SW Chang

Abstract

One of the most striking features of avian vision is the variation in spectral sensitivity of the short wavelength sensitive (SWS1) opsins, which can be divided into two sub-types: violet- and UV- sensitive (VS & UVS). In birds, UVS has been found in both passerines and parrots, groups that were recently shown to be sister orders. While all parrots are thought to be UVS, recent evidence suggests some passerine lineages may also be VS. The great bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) is a passerine notable for its courtship behaviours in which males build and decorate elaborate bower structures.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 1 1%
Italy 1 1%
Sweden 1 1%
Argentina 1 1%
United States 1 1%
Unknown 62 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 20 30%
Researcher 16 24%
Student > Bachelor 8 12%
Student > Master 6 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 4%
Other 8 12%
Unknown 6 9%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 39 58%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 13%
Environmental Science 4 6%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 2 3%
Psychology 1 1%
Other 3 4%
Unknown 9 13%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 May 2014.
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#2,809,794
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Outputs from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#748
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#25,308
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#13
of 62 outputs
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