Detection of coloured stimuli by honeybees: Minimum visual angles and receptor specific contrasts

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 699-709

  Giurfa, M ^a,b   Vorobyev, M ^b,c   Kevan, P ^a,d   Menzel, R ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c SECHENOV INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Colour vision; Detection; Honeybees

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030028422     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00227381     Document Type: Article

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