Adaptations for Nocturnal Vision in Insect Apposition Eyes

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 250, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-46

  Greiner, Birgit ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apposition eye; Dim light; Landmark navigation; Nocturnal insects; Optical and neural adaptations; Temporal and spatial summation; Theoretical modeling; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEE; CORNEA; EYE; INSECT; LENS; LIFESTYLE; LIGHT; LIGHT INTENSITY; NERVE FIBER; NIGHT VISION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CELL; REVIEW; SPATIAL SUMMATION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DARKNESS; INSECTS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURONS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; RETINAL PIGMENTS; VISION; VISUAL FIELDS;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33746008585     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7696(06)50001-4     Document Type: Review

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