Anatomical and physiological evidence for polarisation vision in the nocturnal bee Megalopta genalis

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 591-600

  Greiner, Birgit ^a,b   Cronin, Thomas W ^c   Ribi, Willi A ^d   Wcislo, William T ^e   Warrant, Eric J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d University of Human Sciences of the Principality of Liechtenstein   (Liechtenstein)

^e SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Dim light vision; Dorsal rim area; Insects; Nocturnal navigation; Polarisation sensitivity

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MICROVILLUS; ORIENTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE; FEMALE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MICROVILLI; ORIENTATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; VISION;

EID: 34249696405     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0214-1     Document Type: Article

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