Visual control of cursorial prey pursuit by tiger beetles (Cicindelidae)

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

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 217-230

  Gilbert, C ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Insect; Open loop; Signal detection Predatory behavior; Tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030850296     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050108     Document Type: Article

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