Form vision in the insect dorsal ocelli: An anatomical and optical analysis of the dragonfly median ocellus

Vision Research

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1394-1409

  Berry, Richard P ^a   Stange, Gert ^a   Warrant, Eric J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acuity; Insect; Modelling; Ocelli; Optics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; LENS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; RETINA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMALS; FIXATION, OCULAR; FORM PERCEPTION; INSECTS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34047266381     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2007.01.019     Document Type: Article

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