Nocturnal vision: Bees in the dark

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Land, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; HALICTINAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 4143085022     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.07.043     Document Type: Review

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