No evidence for behavioral responses to circularly polarized light in four scarab beetle species with circularly polarizing exocuticle

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1067-1075

  Blahó, Miklós ^a   Egri, Ádám ^a   Hegedüs, Ramón ^b   Jósvai, Júlia ^c   Tóth, Miklós ^c   Kertész, Krisztián ^d   Biró, László Péter ^d   Kriska, György ^a   Horváth, Gábor ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c PLANT PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNICAL PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Anomala dubia; Anomala vitis; Behavioral response; Cetonia aurata; Cetoniinae; Choice experiment; Circular polarization; Polarization vision; Potosia cuprea; Rutelinae; Scarab beetles; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; FEEDING; FEMALE; HOST; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LIGHT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84055224140     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.11.020     Document Type: Article

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