Robust judgement of inter-object distance by an arthropod

Nature

Volumn 421, Issue 6919, 2003, Pages 160-163

  Hemmi, Jan M ^a   Zeil, Jochen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE BIOLOGY;

VISUAL GEOMETRY;

DEPTH PERCEPTION;

ARTHROPOD; BEHAVIOR; BURROW; CRAB; DEPTH; GEOMETRY; PERCEPTION; VISION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; OCYPODIDAE;

EID: 0037426804     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01247     Document Type: Article

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