Polarotactic tabanids find striped patterns with brightness and/or polarization modulation least attractive: An advantage of zebra stripes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 736-745

  Egri, Ádám ^a   Blahó, Miklós ^a   Kriska, György ^a,b   Farkas, Róbert ^c   Gyurkovszky, Mónika ^c   Åkesson, Susanne ^d   Horváth, Gábor ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Danube Research Institute   (Hungary)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Horsefly; Polarization vision; Protection from parasites; Reflection polarization; Striped pattern; Tabanid fly; Visual ecology; Zebra

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLY; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIGHT; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LIGHT;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; MAMMALIA; TABANIDAE;

EID: 84857609819     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.065540     Document Type: Article

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