Optic flow cues guide flight in birds

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 1794-1799

  Bhagavatula, Partha S ^a,b,c,d   Claudianos, Charles ^c   Ibbotson, Michael R ^a,b,d   Srinivasan, Mandyam V ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL VISION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FLYING; MALE; MOTION; OPTIC FLOW; PARAKEET; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MELOPSITTACUS; MOTION; OPTIC FLOW; VIDEO RECORDING; VISION, OCULAR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; MELOPSITTACUS;

EID: 80755175833     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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