The photomechanic infrared receptor for the detection of forest fires in the beetle Melanophila acuminata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

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

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 647-657

  Schmitz, H ^a   Bleckmann, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fire ecology; Infrared receptor; Insect cuticle; Mechanoreceptor; Photoacoustics; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031894672     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050210     Document Type: Article

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