Why do red and dark-coloured cars lure aquatic insects? The attraction of water insects to car paintwork explained by reflection-polarization signals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1594, 2006, Pages 1667-1671

  Kriska, György ^a   Csabai, Zoltán ^b   Boda, Pál ^c   Malik, Péter ^a   Horvát, Gábor ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Car paintwork; Polarization vision; Polarotaxis; Visual deception; Visual ecology

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; AUTOMOBILE; BEETLE; COLOR; INSECT; POLARIZATION; REFLECTANCE; SIGNAL;

ARTICLE; CAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISORDER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

PAINT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR; CUES; INSECTS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PAINT;

EID: 33747156691     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3500     Document Type: Article

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