Vision in click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae): Pigments and spectral correspondence between visual sensitivity and species bioluminescence emission

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

Volumn 196, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 629-638

  Lall, Abner B ^a   Cronin, Thomas W ^b   Carvalho, Alexandre A ^c   de Souza, John M ^c   Barros, Marcelo P ^c   Stevani, Cassius V ^c   Bechara, Etelvino J H ^c   Ventura, Dora F ^c   Viviani, Vadim R ^d   Hill, Avionne A ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE CRUZEIRO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Click beetles; Visual ecology; Visual pigment; Visual spectral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 77956063271     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0549-x     Document Type: Article

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