The visual ecology of pupillary action in superposition eyes

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

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-90

  Warrant, E J ^a   McIntyre, P D ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Pupil; Screening pigment migration; Superposition compound eye; Visual ecology

Indexed keywords

AGROTIS; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; COPRIS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 0342628839     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00189592     Document Type: Article

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