Control of self-motion in dynamic fluids: Fish do it differently from bees

Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Scholtyssek, Christine ^a   Dacke, Marie ^a   Króger, Ronald ^a   Baird, Emily ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bumblebees; Optic flow; Self motion control; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEE; COLLISION; CYPRINID; MOVEMENT; SWIMMING; VISIBILITY;

ANIMAL; BEE; FLYING; OPTIC FLOW; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BEES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; OPTIC FLOW; SWIMMING; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84902138707     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0279     Document Type: Article

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