Raptors have always fascinated mankind, owls for their highly sensitive vision, and eagles
for their high visual acuity. We summarize what is presently known about the eyes as well as …

The cellular structure and functional relevance of the bird fovea are still incompletely
understood. This review gives an overview of the cellular composition of the bird fovea, with …

Birds are renowned for their exceptional vision and the way that this enables them to survive
and navigate the world in such a unique way. However, it is now recognised that avian …

Rural abandonment and subsequent vegetation regeneration ('passive rewilding') are
expected to increase worldwide, producing cascades of dynamic socioeconomic, landscape …

Birds, and especially raptors, are highly visual animals. Some of them have the highest
spatial resolving power known in the animal kingdom, allowing prey detection at distance …

Diurnal raptors (birds of the orders Accipitriformes and Falconiformes), renowned for their
extraordinarily sharp eyesight, have fascinated humans for centuries. The high visual acuity …

Animals are thought to use achromatic signals to detect small (or distant) objects and
chromatic signals for large (or nearby) objects. While the spatial resolution of the achromatic …

1. Interspecific social information transfer can play a key role in many aspects of animal
ecology from foraging to habitat selection to predator avoidance. 2. Within scavenging …

Birds with larger eyes are predicted to have higher spatial resolution because of their larger
retinal image. Raptors are well known for their acute vision, mediated by their deep central …

Determining the plant cover structure and diversity is an essential tool to gather information
about the habitat suitability and extent of disturbance, recovery process, and management …