Fundamental differences in the optical structure of the eyes of nocturnal and diurnal mosquitoes

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

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-103

  Land, M F ^a   Gibson, G ^b   Horwood, J ^a   Zeil, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eye; Mosquito; Neural superposition; Optics; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032773075     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050369     Document Type: Article

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