Skylight polarization as perceived by desert ants and measured by video polarimetry

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

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Horvath G ^a   Wehner, R ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ants; Navigation; Polarized light; Skylight parameters; Video polarimetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 18544396434     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050300     Document Type: Article

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