Visual navigation in nocturnal insects
(2016) In Physiology 31(3). p.182-192- Abstract
Despite their tiny eyes and brains, nocturnal insects have evolved a remarkable capacity to visually navigate at night. Whereas some use moonlight or the stars as celestial compass cues to maintain a straight-line course, others use visual landmarks to navigate to and from their nest. These impressive abilities rely on highly sensitive compound eyes and specialized visual processing strategies in the brain.
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- Warrant, Eric LU and Dacke, Marie LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2016-05-01
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
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- Physiology
- volume
- 31
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 11 pages
- publisher
- American Physiological Society
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- scopus:84983796959
- pmid:27053732
- wos:000373597300003
- ISSN
- 1548-9213
- DOI
- 10.1152/physiol.00046.2015
- language
- English
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- yes
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