Why do horseflies need polarization vision for host detection? Polarization helps tabanid flies to select sunlit dark host animals from the dark patches of the visual environment.

Horváth, Gábor; Szörényi, Tamás; Pereszlényi, Ádám; Gerics, Balázs; Hegedüs, Ramón; Barta, András; Åkesson, Susanne

Horváth, Gábor; Szörényi, Tamás; Pereszlényi, Ádám; Gerics, Balázs; Hegedüs, Ramón; Barta, András; Åkesson, Susanne.

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Horváth G; Environmental Optics Laboratory, Department of Biological Physics, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány sétány 1, Budapest 1117, Hungary.
Szörényi T; Environmental Optics Laboratory, Department of Biological Physics, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány sétány 1, Budapest 1117, Hungary.
Pereszlényi Á; Environmental Optics Laboratory, Department of Biological Physics, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány sétány 1, Budapest 1117, Hungary.
Gerics B; Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Bird Collection, Ludovika tér 2-6, Budapest 1083, Hungary.
Hegedüs R; Department of Anatomy and Histology, University of Veterinary Medicine, István utca 2, Budapest 1078, Hungary.
Barta A; Environmental Optics Laboratory, Department of Biological Physics, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány sétány 1, Budapest 1117, Hungary.
Åkesson S; Department of Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, Tübingen 72071, Germany.

R Soc Open Sci ; 4(11): 170735, 2017 Nov.

Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29291065

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horseflies; imaging polarimetry; parasitehost interaction; polarization vision; tabanids; visual ecology

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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: R Soc Open Sci Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Hungria Pais de publicación: Reino Unido

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