High e-vector acuity in the polarisation vision system of the fiddler crab Uca vomeris

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2128-2134

  How, Martin J ^a   Pignatelli, Vincenzo ^a   Temple, Shelby E ^a,b   Marshall, N Justin ^a   Hemmi, Jan M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compound eye; E vector discrimination; Predation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRACHYURA; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84862515270     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.068544     Document Type: Article

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