Visual ecology of Indian carpenter bees I: Light intensities and flight activity

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

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-107

  Somanathan, Hema ^a,b   Borges, Renee M ^b   Warrant, Eric J ^a   Kelber, Almut ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Bees; Compound eyes; Nocturnality; Xylocopa

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPOUND EYE; DARKNESS; FLYING; LIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPOUND EYE, ARTHROPOD; DARKNESS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISION;

EID: 38049179122     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0291-1     Document Type: Article

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