Why do highly polarizing black burnt-up stubble-fields not attract aquatic insects? An exception proving the rule

Vision Research

Volumn 46, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 4382-4386

  Kriska, György ^a   Malik, Péter ^a   Csabai, Zoltán ^b   Horváth, Gábor ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Burnt up stubble field; Environmental effects; Imaging polarimetry; Polarization vision; Polarotaxis; Post harvest burning; Visual deception; Visual ecology

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INSECT; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLARIMETRY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33751027485     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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