Blowfly flight characteristics are shaped by environmental features and controlled by optic flow information

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2501-2514

  Kern, Roland ^a   Boeddeker, Norbert ^a   Dittmar, Laura ^a   Egelhaaf, Martin ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active vision; Flight control; Insect; Obstacle avoidance; Saccade; Translation velocity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIPTERA; ENVIRONMENT; FLYING; OPTIC FLOW; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; ENVIRONMENT; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; OPTIC FLOW; SACCADES; TIME FACTORS;

CALLIPHORIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84863825813     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.061713     Document Type: Article

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