Orientation of lizards in a Morris water-maze: Roles of the sun compass and the parietal eye

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2918-2924

  Foà, Augusto ^a   Basaglia, Francesca ^a   Beltrami, Giulia ^a   Carnacina, Margherita ^a   Moretto, Elisa ^a   Bertolucci, Cristiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lizard orientation; Morris water maze; Parietal eye; Sun compass

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ASTRONOMY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; MAZE TEST; ORIENTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; LIZARDS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE PERCEPTION; SWIMMING; TIME PERCEPTION;

SQUAMATA;

EID: 69549122796     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.032987     Document Type: Article

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