Motion detection in insect orientation and navigation

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2749-2766

  Srinivasan, Mandyam V ^a   Poteser, Michael ^b   Kral, Karl ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Insect; Movement detection; Range perception; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FLIGHT; INSECT; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; VELOCITY; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; ROTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033036330     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00002-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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