Range perception through apparent image speed in freely flying honeybees

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 519-535

  Srinivasan, M V ^a   Lehrer, M ^b   Kirchner, W H ^c   Zhang, S W ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Apparent motion; Depth; Distance; Insect flight; Optical flow; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FLYING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMAL; BEES; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ESCAPE REACTION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOVEMENT; VISION;

EID: 0026160974     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095252380000136X     Document Type: Article

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