Side-to-side head movements to obtain motion depth cues: A short review of research on the praying mantis

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-77

  Kral, Karl ^a  

^a Inst Zool an Karl Franzens Univ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Compound eye; Distance estimation; Insect; Motion cues; Motion detection; Praying mantis; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEAD MOVEMENT; INSECT; RETINA; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0032054609     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(98)00007-2     Document Type: Article

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