This literature database contains references of (scientific) articles, books, and websites that were helpful for the creation of my German website "light in the terrarium". It contains citations concerning lamps, photometry, vision of reptiles, and operation of the retina …

"Abstracts" are not included into the database, as the copyright is with the autor and publisher. The field "Notes" contains my personal thoughts. For books, the field "Quotes" contains a link to amazon, showing the book title.

The default setting for the literature database software is German, but you can change it easily to English: Go to Wikindx/Benutzereinstellungen and when scrolling down find “Sprache: Deutsch / Englisch”. Change to English (Cookies required).

The database is sorted using the following keywords:

• Animal Group
• Mammals
• Fish
• Birds
• Reptiles
• Lizards
• Turtles
• Snakes
• Amphibians
• Insects
• Effects of Light
• Visual Perception
• Accommodation
• Color Vision
• Flicker Perception
• Ultraviolet
• Infrared
• Brightness
• Retina
• Parietal Organ
• Chronobiology
• Orientation
• Thermoregulation
• Color
• Polarization
• Immune System
• Behavior
• Vitamin D
• Light Sources and Technology
• Lamps
• Incandescent Lamp
• Fluorescent Lamp
• Compact Fluorescent Lamp
• Mercury-Vapor Lamp
• Metal Halide Lamp
• Light-emitting Diode
• Sun
• Moon
• Ballast
• Photometry
• Brightness
• Infrared
• Ultraviolet
• Material
• Spectrum

Additionally resources are sorted by language into the categories "English", "German" and "Other".

Guests can use the search function for a fulltext search in the fields title, author, abstract without login.

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