Alternative use of chromatic and achromatic cues in a hawkmoth

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1577, 2005, Pages 2143-2147

  Kelber, Almut ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Achromatic vision; Chromatic vision; Colour vision; Hawkmoths; Macroglossum stellatarum; Sphingids

Indexed keywords

COLOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; MOTH; VISION;

ACHROMATIC CUE; ACHROMATIC VISION; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIRD; CHROMATIC CUE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR LEARNING; COLOR VISION; HAWKMOTH; LEARNING; MACROGLOSSUM STELLATARUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROGLOSSUM STELLATARUM; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 26944491429     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3207     Document Type: Article

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