Free flight maneuvers of stalk-eyed flies: Do eye-stalks affect aerial turning behavior?

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

Volumn 193, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1065-1079

  Ribak, Gal ^a   Swallow, John G ^a  

^a University of South Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

Diopsidae; Free flight; Maneuverability; Moment of inertia; Saccade

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EYE; FEMALE; FLY; FLYING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; EYE; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 35348838989     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0259-1     Document Type: Article

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