Role of the anterior lateral eyes of the wolf spider Lycosa tarentula (araneae, lycosidae) during path integration

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5: Water Pollution

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-61

  Ortega Escobar, Joaquín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Direction estimation; Optical flow; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; LYCOSA TARENTULA; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 33947312125     PISSN: 14336863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1636/S04-103.1     Document Type: Article

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