Visual ecology of Indian carpenter bees II: Adaptations of eyes and ocelli to nocturnal and diurnal lifestyles

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 571-583

  Somanathan, Hema ^a   Kelber, Almut ^a   Borges, Renee M ^b   Wallén, Rita ^a   Warrant, Eric J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Apposition compound eyes; Bees; Ocelli; Optical sensitivity; Xylocopa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EYE; FLYING; HISTOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EYE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 67349265519     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-009-0432-9     Document Type: Article

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