Visual control of flight speed in honeybees

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 3895-3905

  Baird, Emily ^a   Srinivasan, Mandyam V ^a   Zhang, Shaowu ^a   Cowling, Ann ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Honeybee; Image motion; Insect flight; Pattern contrast; Pattern motion; Pattern texture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEES; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; VISION;

APIS MELLIFERA; INSECTA;

EID: 27744523235     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01818     Document Type: Article

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