Animal Eyes

2. Revised Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-958114-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Oxford Animal Biology Series

The only book giving an account of the structure, function, and evolution of all the types of eye known in the animal kingdom

Written in a clear and accessible style by top authorities in the field

Uses examples from throughout the animal kingdom, identifying common themes that transcend taxonomy

Relates physiological factors to animal ecology and behaviour

Has a broad coverage that will appeal to a diverse readership, including biologists, optometrists, and physicists

New to this edition:

Builds on the reputation of the first edition, providing a fully revised and comprehensive successor whilst retaining the structure and scope that has made it so popular

Incorporates new discoveries from the last decade

Animal 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 specific capabilities of eyes, it considers the factors that lead to good resolution of detail and the ability to function under a wide range of light conditions. This new edition is fully updated throughout, incorporating more than a decade of new discoveries and research.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate students on courses that involve vision and sensory physiology, graduates and research biologists with an interest in vision, ophthalmologists and optometrists, and physicists and engineers with interests in optical mechanisms.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nilsson, Dan-Eric

Land, Michael F.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierphysiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: The origin of vision
2: Light and vision
3: What makes a good eye?
4: Aquatic eyes: the evolution of the lens
5: Lens eyes on land
6: Mirrors in animals
7: Apposition compound eyes
8: Superposition eyes
9: Movements of the eyes

Über Autor(innen)

Nilsson, Dan-Eric
Dan-Eric Nilsson obtained his BSc in Biological Sciences from Goteborg University and his PhD in Structural Biology from University of Lund. He was Research Fellow at the Australian National University Canberra (1983-4) and then the University of Lund (1984-1989). He stayed at Lund as a Lecturer (1989-1995) then Professor of Zoology (from 1995). He was elected to the Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm in 2002, and to the German Academy of Natural Sciences, Leopoldina in 2005.

Land, Michael F.
Michael F. Land obtained a BA in Zoology from Cambridge his PhD in Neurophysiology from University College London. He was Research Fellow at University of California, Berkeley (1967-1971), before moving to the University of Sussex where he was a Lecturer and then Professor of Neurobiology (from 1984 to present (now Emeritus)). He also held Visiting Fellowships in Eugene Oregon (1980), Australian Nation University Canberra (1982-84), and Duke University Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, NC (1993). He was elected to the Royal Society of London in 1982.

Michael F. Land, Professor of Neurobiology, University of Sussex, UK, and Dan-Eric Nilsson, Professor of Zoology, University of Lund, Sweden

Michael F. Land obtained a BA in Zoology from Cambridge his PhD in Neurophysiology from University College London. He was Research Fellow at University of California, Berkeley (1967-1971), before moving to the University of Sussex where he was a Lecturer and then Professor of Neurobiology (from 1984 to present (now Emeritus)). He also held Visiting Fellowships in Eugene Oregon (1980), Australian Nation University Canberra (1982-84), and Duke University Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, NC (1993). He was elected to the Royal Society of London in 1982.

Dan-Eric Nilsson obtained his BSc in Biological Sciences from Goteborg University and his PhD in Structural Biology from University of Lund. He was Research Fellow at the Australian National University Canberra (1983-4) and then the University of Lund (1984-1989). He stayed at Lund as a Lecturer (1989-1995) then Professor of Zoology (from 1995). He was elected to the Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm in 2002, and to the German Academy of Natural Sciences, Leopoldina in 2005.