Unexpected attraction of polarotactic water-leaving insects to matt black car surfaces: Mattness of paintwork cannot eliminate the polarized light pollution of black cars

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Blaho, Miklos ^a   Herczeg, Tamas ^a   Kriska, Gyorgy ^a,b   Egri, Adam ^a   Szaz, Denes ^a   Farkas, Alexandra ^a   Tarjanyi, Nikolett ^b   Czinke, Laszlo ^a   Barta, Andras ^a   Horvath, Gabor ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAINT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CAR; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPTERA; DOLICHOPODID; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INSECT; LIGHT POLLUTION; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POLARIMETRY; POLARIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TABANID; WATER LEAVING POLAROTACTIC INSECT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; LIGHT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; INSECTS; LIGHT;

EID: 84905011704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103339     Document Type: Article

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