Ocellar adaptations for dim light vision in a nocturnal bee

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1283-1293

  Berry, Richard P ^a   Wcislo, William T ^b   Warrant, Eric J ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bee; Nocturnal vision; Ocelli; Polarisation sensitivity; Response dynamics; Sensitivity; Spectral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARK ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEES; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARK ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; RETINA; VISION, OCULAR;

APOIDEA; BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; MEGALOPTA GENALIS;

EID: 79954986207     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.050427     Document Type: Article

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