Colour in the eyes of insects

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 337-348

  Stavenga, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colour vision; Heterogeneity; Pupil; Screening pigment; Spectral filters

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; COLOR VISION; EYE COLOR; INSECT; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; EYE COLOR; INSECTS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; RETINAL PIGMENTS;

EID: 0036628327     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0307-9     Document Type: Review

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