Wide-field motion tuning in nocturnal hawkmoths

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1683, 2010, Pages 853-860

  Theobald, Jamie C ^a   Warrant, Eric J ^b   O'Carroll, David C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hawkmoth; Hovering; Intracellular electrophysiology; Night vision

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; MOTH; NECTAR; NEUROLOGY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRADE-OFF;

ACHERONTIA ATROPOS; APOIDEA; DEILEPHILA ELPENOR; MANDUCA SEXTA; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 77950239074     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1677     Document Type: Article

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