Visual adaptations in the night-active wasp Apoica pallens

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 495, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-262

  Greiner, Birgit ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apposition compound eye; Hymenopterans; Nocturnal vision; Optical sensitivity; Retina structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOICA PALLENS; ARTICLE; BEE; CILIARY GANGLION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE; FEMALE; HYMENOPTERA; LIGHT INTENSITY; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; POLISTES OCCIDENTALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ADAPTATION; WASP;

ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; EYE; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; WASPS;

EID: 33144488037     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20882     Document Type: Article

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