Proprioceptive contribution to distance estimation by motion parallax in a praying mantid

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1483-1491

  Poteser, Michael ^a   Pabst, Maria Anna ^a   Kral, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Distance estimation; Hair plate sensillum; Mechanoreceptor; Motion parallax; Praying mantis; Tenodera sinensis; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031804451     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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