The relative importance of olfaction and vision in a diurnal and a nocturnal hawkmoth

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

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 431-437

  Balkenius, Anna ^a   Rosén, Wenqi ^a   Kelber, Almut ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deilephila elpenor; Macroglossum stellatarum; Na ve hawkmoths; Olfaction; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DARKNESS; LIGHT; MOTH; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR PERCEPTION; DARKNESS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOTHS; ODORS; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISION;

EID: 33644861180     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-005-0081-6     Document Type: Article

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