Dances as windows into insect perception

PLoS Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Chittka, Lars ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DANCING; INSECT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ASSOCIATION; BEE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; LIGHT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OPTICS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LIGHT; MOVEMENT; OPTICS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 19344369838     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020216     Document Type: Review

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