Spatial vision in binocular and monocular common field grasshoppers (Chorthippus brunneus)

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-237

  Kral, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Binocular; Chorthippus brunneus; Grasshoppers; Jumping; Monocular; Motion parallax; Peering

Indexed keywords

EYE; GRASSHOPPER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOCOMOTION; VISION;

CHORTHIPPUS BRUNNEUS;

EID: 50849120363     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2008.00626.x     Document Type: Article

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