Light modulates electric phenomena in hornet cuticle

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-118

  Ishay, Jacob S ^a   Sverdlov, Anna ^a   Pertsis, Vitaly ^a   Gavrilov, Yulia ^a   Steinberg, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CUTICLE; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HYMENOPTERA; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VESPA ORIENTALIS; WASP;

ANIMALS; DARKNESS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ELECTRIC FISH; HYMENOPTERA; VESPA; VESPA ORIENTALIS; VESPIDAE; VESPINAE;

EID: 4644354506     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2004-04-21-RA-144.1     Document Type: Article

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