Polarotaxis in non-biting midges: Female chironomids are attracted to horizontally polarized light

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1010-1015

  Horváth, Gábor ^a   Móra, Arnold ^b   Bernáth, Balázs ^a,c   Kriska, György ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b BALATON LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Non biting midges; Oviposition site selection; Polarization vision; Positive polarotaxis; Visual ecology

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; ECOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRESHWATER SPECIES; LIGHT; MALE; MICROPSECTRA ATROFASCIATA; MICROPSECTRA NOTESCENS; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEOCRICOTOPUS ATRIPES; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIRONOMIDAE; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LIGHT; ORIENTATION; OVIPOSITION; REFRACTOMETRY; SEASONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80053053635     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.06.022     Document Type: Article

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