Larval and Adult Emission Spectra of Bioluminescence in Three European Firefly Species

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 339-342

  De Cock, Raphaël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; ECOLOGY; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND DETECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; COLOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; LARVA; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

COLEOPTERA; LAMPYRIDAE; LAMPYRIS NOCTILUCA; NOCTILUCA;

EID: 2342522068     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2003-11-11-RA.1     Document Type: Article

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