Scorpion fluorescence and reaction to light

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 429-436

  Gaffin, Douglas D ^a   Bumm, Lloyd A ^a   Taylor, Matthew S ^a   Popokina, Nataliya V ^a   Mann, Shivani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence light; Orientation; Paruroctonus utahensis; Scorpion; Sensory; Ultraviolet; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CUTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PHOTOTAXIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SHELTER; SIGNALING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; PARUROCTONUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 84856097041     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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