Spectral responses and chromatic processing in the dragonfly lamina

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

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 543-550

  Yang, E C ^a   Osorio, D ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colour vision; Compound eye; Dragonfly; Lamina; Spectral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030046651     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00190184     Document Type: Article

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