Ocellar optics in nocturnal and diurnal bees and wasps

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 293-305

  Warrant, Eric J ^a   Kelber, Almut ^a   Wallén, Rita ^a   Wcislo, William T ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Bee; Nocturnal vision; Ocellus; Optics; Resolution; Sensitivity; Wasp

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEE; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LENS; LIGHT INTENSITY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; POLARIZATION; RETINA; SPECIES; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; WASP;

APOICA PALLENS; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HALICTINAE; MEGALOPTA; MEGALOPTA GENALIS; POLISTES; POLISTINAE;

EID: 33845445767     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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