title: Ultra-violet photoreceptors in the animal kingdom: their distribution and function.
abstract: Until very recently, the role of ultra-violet (UV) colour perception in vertebrate and invertebrate vision has largely been ignored. However, in the past few years, a host of detailed information has become available on the widespread distribution of UV receptors in different species - from insects to mammals - and the important functions they seem to play in navigation, foraging, intraspecies communication and the control of circadian rhythms.
authors.affiliation: Martin Tovée is at the Dept of Psychology, Ridley Building, University of Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK NE1 7RU.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Tovée