Visual Reliability and Information Rate in the Retina of a Nocturnal Bee

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 349-353

  Frederiksen, Rikard ^a   Wcislo, William T ^b   Warrant, Eric J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DARKNESS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEES; DARKNESS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; VISION;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; LASIOGLOSSUM LEUCOZONIUM; MEGALOPTA; MEGALOPTA GENALIS;

EID: 40349096202     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.057     Document Type: Article

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