Arrangement of optical axes and spatial resolution in the compound eye of the female blowfly Calliphora

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

Volumn 186, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 737-746

  Petrowitz, Ralf ^a   Dahmen, Hansjürgen ^b   Egelhaaf, Martin ^a   Krapp, Holger G ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Lehrstuhl für Biokybernetik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blowfly; Compound eye; Insect vision; Motion vision; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE; FEMALE; FLY; HISTOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMAL; DIPTERA; EYE; FEMALE; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VISION;

ANIMALIA; CALLIPHORA; INSECTA;

EID: 0033800650     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590000127     Document Type: Article

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