The orientation-dependent visual spatial cut-off frequency in a spider

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3111-3117

  Fenk, Lisa M ^a   Schmid, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Eye muscles; Spatial resolution; Spider eyes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; RETINA; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; CTENIDAE; CUPIENNIUS SALEI;

EID: 77956362198     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.041939     Document Type: Article

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