The imaging properties and sensitivity of the facial pits of pitvipers as determined by optical and heat-transfer analysis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2801-2810

  Bakken, George S ^a   Krochmal, Aaron R ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial pit; Heat transfer; Image analysis; Optics; Pit viper; Sensory physiology; Snake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; HEAT; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSE ORGAN; SNAKE; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; HEAT; MICE; SENSE ORGANS; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VIPERIDAE;

ANIMALIA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CROTALINAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 34548623413     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.006965     Document Type: Article

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