Flash precision at the start of synchrony in Photuris frontalis

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 259-263

  Copeland, Jonathan ^a   Moiseff, Andrew ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMPYRIDAE; PHOTINUS PYRALIS; PHOTURIS; PHOTURIS FRONTALIS;

EID: 4444379102     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/44.3.259     Document Type: Conference Paper

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