Active sensing in a freely walking spider: Look where to go

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 494-500

  Schmid, A ^a   Trischler, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Active sensing; Cupiennius salei; Dual channel telemetry; Eye muscles; Spider; Visual orientation

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LIGHT EFFECT; MUSCLE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPIDER; TELEMETRY; WALKING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPIDER; VISION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LIGHT; SPIDERS; VISION, OCULAR;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

ARANEAE; CUPIENNIUS SALEI;

EID: 79952628707     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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