Physiological optics in the hummingbird hawkmoth: A compound eye without ommatidia

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 497-511

  Warrant, Eric ^a,b   Bartsch, Klaus ^c   Günther, Claudia ^c,d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compound eye; Diffraction limit; Hummingbird hawkmoth; Macroglossum stellatatum; Optics; Superposition eye; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033046781     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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