Visual stimuli induced by self-motion and object-motion modify odour-guided flight of male moths (Manduca sexta L.)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 3272-3282

  Verspui, Remko ^a   Gray, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Flight; Insect; Olfaction; Sensory integration; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLYING; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; MOTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ODOR; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MANDUCA; MOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; ODORS; ORIENTATION; SMELL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; PTEROPHORIDAE;

EID: 70349665565     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.031591     Document Type: Article

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