Polarization vision - A uniform sensory capacity?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 2589-2596

  Wehner, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cataglyphis spp.; Contrast enhancement; E vector compass; Optical signalling; Polarized light; Underwater vision

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AIR; ANIMAL; ANT; ASSOCIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

AIR; ANIMALS; ANTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION; WATER;

ANIMALIA; CATAGLYPHIS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0035745777     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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