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Reindeer and the quest for Scottish enlichenment
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dc.contributor.author | Dominy, Nathaniel J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hobaiter, Catherine | |
dc.contributor.author | Harris, Julie M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-03T18:30:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-01-03T18:30:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-12-15 | |
dc.identifier | 297993492 | |
dc.identifier | 81bd019d-9650-4e92-834c-b2ab048f9852 | |
dc.identifier | 85179655706 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Dominy , N J , Hobaiter , C & Harris , J M 2023 , ' Reindeer and the quest for Scottish enlichenment ' , i-Perception , vol. 14 , no. 6 . https://doi.org/10.1177/20416695231218520 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2041-6695 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-3893-0524/work/150109161 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-3497-4503/work/150109744 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/28954 | |
dc.description | Funding Information: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Data were collected with funding from the Goodman Fund, Dartmouth College and the Global Fellowship Scheme, University of St Andrews. | en |
dc.description.abstract | In the hall of animal oddities, the reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) is the only mammal with a color-shifting tapetum lucidum and the only ruminant with a lichen-dominated diet. These puzzling traits coexist with yet another enigma––ocular media that transmit up to 60% of ultraviolet (UV) light, enough to excite the cones responsible for color vision. It is unclear why any day-active circum-Arctic mammal would benefit from UV visual sensitivity, but it could improve detection of UV-absorbing lichens against a background of UV-reflecting snows, especially during the extended twilight hours of winter. To explore this idea and advance our understanding of reindeer visual ecology, we recorded the reflectance spectra of several ground-growing (terricolous), shrubby (fruticose) lichens in the diets of reindeer living in Cairngorms National Park, Scotland. | |
dc.format.extent | 5084670 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | i-Perception | en |
dc.subject | Color | en |
dc.subject | Light | en |
dc.subject | Sensory plasticity/adaptation | en |
dc.subject | Visual search | en |
dc.subject | Experimental and Cognitive Psychology | en |
dc.subject | Ophthalmology | en |
dc.subject | Sensory Systems | en |
dc.subject | Artificial Intelligence | en |
dc.subject | NDAS | en |
dc.title | Reindeer and the quest for Scottish enlichenment | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscience | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolution | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/20416695231218520 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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