Physiological characterization of the compound eye in monarch butterflies with focus on the dorsal rim area

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-331

  Stalleicken, Julia ^a   Labhart, Thomas ^b   Mouritsen, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Compound eye; Danaus plexippus; Dorsal rim area; Polarization sensitivity; Spectral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; ORIENTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; SPECTROSCOPY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE; LIGHT; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; OPSIN; ORIENTATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; RETINA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 32944478058     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-005-0073-6     Document Type: Article

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