Optomotor course control in flies with largely asymmetric visual input

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

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-55

  Kern, R ^a   Egelhaaf, M ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Course control; Fly; Optic flow; Optomotor behaviour; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 0034073618     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050006     Document Type: Article

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