Intensity contrast as a crucial cue for butterfly landing

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 197, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1105-1112

  Koshitaka, Hisaharu ^a,b   Arikawa, Kentaro ^b   Kinoshita, Michiyo ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brightness; Butterfly; Color vision; Foraging behavior; Intensity contrast

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BUTTERFLY; COLOR; COLOR VISION; COMPOUND EYE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLOWER; ILLUMINATION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; COLOR; COLOR VISION; COMPOUND EYE, ARTHROPOD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLOWERS; LIGHTING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 80255126272     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0671-4     Document Type: Article

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