Metric analysis of threshold spectral sensitivity in the honeybee

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 425-439

  Brandt, Robert ^a   Vorobyev, Misha ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Color metrics; Color vision; Discrimination threshold; Honeybee; Spectral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION; HONEYBEE; LUMINANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ANIMALS; BEES; COLOR PERCEPTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0031040620     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00195-2     Document Type: Article

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