The spatial frequency tuning of optic-flow-dependent behaviors in the bumblebee Bombus impatiens

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1643-1650

  Dyhr, Jonathan R ^a   Higgins, Charles M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Bumblebee; Motion detection; Optic flow; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FLYING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

BOMBUS IMPATIENS; HEXAPODA; IMPATIENS;

EID: 77951732260     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.041426     Document Type: Article

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