Spectral sensitivity of a colour changing spider

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 508-513

  Defrize, Jérémy ^a   Lazzari, Claudio R ^a   Warrant, Eric J ^b   Casas, Jérôme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crab spider; Crypsis; Mimetism; Misumena vatia; Spectral sensitivities; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CELL ORGANELLE; COLOR; CRYPSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPIDER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPIDER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; COLOR VISION; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SPIDERS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ARANEAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LYCOSIDAE; MISUMENA VATIA; SALTICIDAE; THOMISIDAE;

EID: 79952616921     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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