How can dragonflies discern bright and dark waters from a distance? The degree of polarisation of reflected light as a possible cue for dragonfly habitat selection

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1707-1719

  Bernáth, Balázs ^a   Szedenics, Gábor ^a   Wildermuth, Hansruedi ^b   Horváth, Gábor ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dark and bright freshwater habitats; Dragonflies; Habitat selection; Polarisation vision; Reflection polarisation

Indexed keywords

DRAGONFLY; HABITAT SELECTION; LIGHT INTENSITY; POLARIZATION; VISUAL CUE;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ODONATA;

EID: 0036714823     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00931.x     Document Type: Article

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