Visual orientation and navigation in nocturnal arthropods

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 156-173

  Warrant, Eric ^a   Dacke, Marie ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Crustacean; Eye, camera; Eye, compound; Insect; Navigation; Nocturnal; Orientation; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ASTRONOMY; BEHAVIOR; COMPOUND EYE; CRUSTACEA; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT; LEARNING; NIGHT VISION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS; COMPOUND EYE, ARTHROPOD; CRUSTACEA; CUES; ESCAPE REACTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; LEARNING; NIGHT VISION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77956020283     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314277     Document Type: Article

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