Vision as a third sensory modality to elicit attack behavior in a nocturnal spider

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

Volumn 196, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 957-961

  Fenk, L M ^a   Hoinkes, T ^a   Schmid, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Attack behavior; Computer screen; Multi sensory; Spiders; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DARK ADAPTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPIDER; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DARK ADAPTATION; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 78649508749     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0575-8     Document Type: Article

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