Motion parallax as a source of distance information in locusts and mantids

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 145-163

  Kral, Karl ^a   Poteser, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Distance estimation; Locusts; Mantids; Motion parallax; Peering; Spatial vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MANTODEA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0030742769     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02765480     Document Type: Review

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