Polarizing optics in a spider eye

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 335-348

  Mueller, Kaspar P ^a   Labhart, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drassodes cupreus; Optics; Polarization vision; Spiders; Tapetum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EYE; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPIDER; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EYE; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SPIDERS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 77952875878     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0516-6     Document Type: Article

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