How bees detect coloured targets using different regions of their compound eyes

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

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 591-600

  Giurfa, M ^a   Zaccardi, G ^b   Vorobyev, M ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Compound eye; Detection; Honeybee; Regionalisation; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033401458     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050420     Document Type: Article

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