Visual control of prey-capture flight in dragonflies

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 267-271

  Olberg, Robert M ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; DRAGON FLY; EYE TRACKING; FLIGHT; FLYING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEAD MOVEMENT; INSECT; INTERNEURON; LATENT PERIOD; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; NEURONS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84860364198     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2011.11.015     Document Type: Review

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