The visual control of landing and obstacle avoidance in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1783-1798

  Van Breugel, Floris ^a   Dickinson, Michael H ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Flight control; Insect; Landing behavior; Obstacle avoidance; Saccade; Target orientation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FLYING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; VIDEO RECORDING; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84861614847     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.066498     Document Type: Article

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