Degrees of polarization of reflected light eliciting polarotaxis in dragonflies (Odonata), mayflies (Ephemeroptera) and tabanid flies (Tabanidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1167-1173

  Kriska, György ^a   Bernáth, Balázs ^b   Farkas, Róbert ^c   Horváth, Gábor ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dragonfly; Ephemeroptera; Imaging polarimetry; Mayfly; Odonata; Polarization vision; Polarotaxis; Reflection polarization; Tabanid fly; Tabanidae; Threshold of polarization sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; DRAGONFLY; MAYFLY; PHOTOTAXIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLARIZATION; VISION;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); BAETIS RHODANI; ENALLAGMA CYATHIGERUM; EPEORUS; EPHEMERA DANICA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; ISCHNURA ELEGANS; ODONATA; RHITHROGENA SEMICOLORATA; TABANIDAE; TABANUS TERGESTINUS;

EID: 70349988758     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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