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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
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Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, November 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-13-250 |
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Authors |
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. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 9 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Germany | 1 | 11% |
Costa Rica | 1 | 11% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |
Unknown | 6 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 5 | 56% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 22% |
Scientists | 2 | 22% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 67 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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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 % |
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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 % |
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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
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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#748
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#25,308
of 224,690 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#13
of 62 outputs
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