Crepuscular and nocturnal illumination and its effects on color perception by the nocturnal hawkmoth Deilephila elpenor

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 789-800

  Johnsen, Sönke ^a   Kelber, Almut ^b   Warrant, Eric ^b   Sweeney, Alison M ^a   Widder, Edith A ^c   Lee Jr , Raymond L ^d   Hernández Andrés, Javier ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Color vision; Deilephila elpenor; Environmental optics; Hawkmoth; Nocturnal vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; MOTHS;

INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33645285580     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02053     Document Type: Article

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