Photoreceptor processing speed and input resistance changes during light adaptation correlate with spectral class in the bumblebee, bombus impatiens

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Skorupski, Peter ^a   Chittka, Lars ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BUMBLEBEE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SPECIES COMPARISON; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION; ANIMAL; BEE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

BOMBUS IMPATIENS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HEXAPODA;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; BEES; COLOR PERCEPTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 80055052423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025989     Document Type: Article

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