Circularly polarized light as a communication signal in mantis shrimps

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 3074-3078

  Gagnon, Yakir Luc ^a   Templin, Rachel Marie ^a   How, Martin John ^b   Justin Marshall, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

circular polarization; Gonodactylaceus falcatus; signaling; stomatopod; visual ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; CRUSTACEA; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; VISION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; PIGMENTATION; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84955356488     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.10.047     Document Type: Article

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