Nature as a model for technical sensors

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

Volumn 190, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 971-981

  Bleckmann, H ^a   Schmitz, H ^a   Von Der Emde, G ^a  

^a Institute for Zoology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomimetics; Electroreception; Gnathonemus; Infrared reception; Melanophila; Merimna

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOMIMETICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NATURAL SCIENCE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSE ORGAN; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMIMETICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; NATURE; ORIENTATION; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SENSE ORGANS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 11944251845     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0563-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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