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Habituation-dishabituation paradigm study

Author

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Wyttenbach et al

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Habituation-dishabituation paradigm study
Habituating pulse frequency
Test pulse frequencies

A

Habituating - 20 kHz

Test pulse - 17 kHz, 5 kHz

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3
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African elephants communication

Author and year

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Langbauer et al (1991)

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Katydid experiment looking at frequencies we can’t hear / distance and clutter
Author and year

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Römer (1998)

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Katydid experiment looking at frequencies we can’t hear / distance and clutter
Frequency of end of song

A

40-45 kHz

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6
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Extraspecific acoustic communication in bushcrickets

Author and years

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Römer (1992, 1989)

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Adapting to ambient conditions tree frog experiment

Author and year

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Lardner and bin Lakim (2002)

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8
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Tungara frog irrationality in mate choice

Author and year

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Lea and Ryan (2015)

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9
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Mechanism of active audition

Author and year

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Yates et al (1992)

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10
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Directional information parasitoid fly experiment

Frequency of cricket calls

A

4.5 - 5 kHz

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11
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Directional information parasitoid fly experiment

Starting distance of fly from loudspeaker

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4.5 m

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12
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Directional information parasitoid fly experiment

Author and year

A

Crenshaw et al (2000)

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13
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Directional information parasitoid fly experiment where switch between loudspeakers
Author and year

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Müller and Robert (2002)

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Treadmill experiment fly phonotaxis

Author

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Mason et al

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Study on the locust ear / eardrum

Author and year

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Windmill et al (2005)

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16
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Frequency at which centre of locust ear drum stops moving

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12.2 kHz

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17
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Gryllus frequency discrimination

Author and year

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Montealegre-Z et al (2011)

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Katydid tympanium study

Author and year

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Montealegre-Z et al (2012)

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19
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Katydid tympanium study

Frequency female interested in

A

23 kHz

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20
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Cricket frequency detection

Author and year

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Montealegre-Z et al (in press)

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21
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Cricket frequency detection

Frequency where fewer cells

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23-25 kHz

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22
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Bumblebee charge

Author and year

A

Clarke et al (2013)

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23
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Bumblebee charge

What is their charge?

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32 pC

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24
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Electrical interactions between bees and flowers

Author and year

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Clarke et al (2017)

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25
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Detecting and learning electric field floral cues

Author and year

A

Clarke et al (2013)

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26
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Detecting and learning electric field floral cues

Charge pairs

A

+30 V and 0
-30 V and 0
15 V and -15 V
**

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27
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Detecting and learning electric field floral cues

How many visits to get what % correct

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40-50 for 75-80%

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28
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Detecting and learning electric field floral cues

How many visits to get what % correct - multimodal

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24 for 70%

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29
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Bee electric field detection

Author and year

A

Sutton et al (2016)

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30
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Electric ballooning in spiders

Author and year

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Morley and Robert (2018)

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31
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Magnetite and magnetoreceptive animals

Author and year

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Walker et al (2002)

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32
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Magnetoreception in bacteria

Author and year

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Blakemore (1975)

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33
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Sockeye salmon magnetite

Author and year

A

Kirschvink (1997)

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34
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Turtle magnetoreception

Author

A

Kennith Lowman

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35
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Turtle magnetoreception / multimodality

Author

A

Akesson et al

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36
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Pigeon magnetoreception

Author and year

A

Ioalé (2000)

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37
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Successive phases of long-distance navigation study

Author and year

A

Mouritsen (2018)

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38
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Migration of the Bogong moth

Author and year

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Dreyer et al (2018)

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39
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Spiny lobster migration and homing

Author and year

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Lohmann et al (1995)

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40
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Spiny lobster migration and homing

Component reverted backwards

A

H component

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41
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Spiny lobster migration and homing

Other component reverted backwards

A

Z component

Didn’t have an effect

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42
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Cattle and deer orientation

Author and year

A

Sabine Begall (2008)

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43
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Rainbow trout magnetite

A

Diebel et al (2000)

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44
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Melaniphila IR studies

Author and year (2)

A

Evans (1964)

Schmitz et al (1977)

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45
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Merimna IR study

Author and year

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Schmitz et al (2000)

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46
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Acanthocnemus IR study

Author and year

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Schmitz et al (2002)

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47
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Sensing IR in reptiles

Author and study

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Safer and Grace (2004)

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48
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Sensing IR in reptiles
Boa, python and pit viper IR sensitivity
Thermal emissions of mammals

A

8 - 12 um

10 um

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49
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Mosquito IR

Author and year

A

Gingl et al (2005)

50
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Response of thermoreceptors in ticks and locusts

Author and year

A

Gingl and Tichy (2001)

51
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Actogram circadian rhythm study

Author and year

A

Güler et al (2008)

52
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Jellyfish and worm eye types / screening pigments

Author and year

A

Nilsson (2009)

53
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Eye arrangements in fan worms

Author and year

A

Bok and Nilsson (2016)

54
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Eye arrangements in fan worms

Types of eyes

A

Consolidated

Distributed

55
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How long did it take eyes to evolve?

Author

A

Nilsson and Pegler

56
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How long did it take eyes to evolve?

How many generations?

57
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Echinoderm low resolution vision

Author and year

A

Garm et al (2014)

58
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Echinoderm low resolution vision
How many light sensitive cells in starfish tube feet?
What is a starfish optical resolution?

A

100 - 200

10 - 20 degrees

59
Q

Factors for determining acuity / spatial resolution, resolution of different animals
Author and year

A

Caves et al (2018)

60
Q

Factors for determining acuity / spatial resolution

Factors

A

Size of eye

Size of photoreceptor cell

61
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Rhodopsin structure (GPCR)
Author and year
A

Palczewski et al (2000)

62
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Opsin relationships

Author and year

A

Porter et al (2010)

63
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Opsin relationships

How many main families of opsins

64
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Opsin relationships

Dragonfly and stomatopods, opsins in genome vs opsins expressed

A

Dragonfly - 28/36 vs 4/5

Stomatopods - 12 channel vs opsins for 50 different spectral classes

65
Q

Opsin relationships

Ancestral state common with molluscs

A

LWS (green)

66
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How does spectral sensitivity change?, UV -> violet

Author and year

A

Hunt et al (2009)

67
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How does spectral sensitivity change?, UV -> violet

Which site changes to shift from UV to violet?

68
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How does spectral sensitivity change?, UV -> violet

Amino acid change in mammals that changes from UV to violet

A

Phe86 -> Tyr86

69
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A1/A2 in fish study

Author and year

A

Enright et al (2015)

70
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A1/A2 in fish study

Where A1 and where A2?

A

A1 - ocean

A2 - freshwater

71
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A1/A2 in fish study

Enzyme controlling

72
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A1/A2 in fish study

Wavelengths of light used

A

590 nm

770 nm

73
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Oil drop absorption

Author and year

A

Vorobyev et al (1998)

74
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Stomatopod crystalline cones in midband

Author and year

A

Bok et al (2014)

75
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Different types of ommatidia in Drosophila

Author and year

A

Yamaguchi et al (2010)

76
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Different types of ommatidia in Drosophila

Split between pale and yellow

77
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Different types of ommatidia in Drosophila

Wavelength of pale Rh7 and Rh8

A 
Rh7 = Rh3 - 330 nm
Rh8 = Rh5 - 440 nm
78
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Different types of ommatidia in Drosophila

Wavelength of yellow Rh7 and Rh8

A 
Rh7 = Rh4 - 355/360 nm
Rh8 = Rh6 - 550 nm
79
Q

Butterfly vision / cell bodies

Author and year

A

Briscoe (2008)

80
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Fish co-expression of visual pigments

Author and year

A

Dalton et al (2017)

81
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Archer fish spectral sensitivity

Author and year

A

Temple et al (2010)

82
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First knowledge ants use polarisation cues to navigate

Author and year

A

Felix Santschi (1923)

83
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Demonstration that bees can use polarisation of light to find flowers
Author and year

A

Karl Von Frisch (1940s)

84
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Calibration of compass - ant polarisation vision

Author and year

A

Wehner (2003)

85
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Calibration of compass and cues - dung beetle polarisation vision
Author and year

A

Dacke (2014)

86
Q

Calibration of compass and cues - dung beetle polarisation vision
What do they use / hierarchy of cues?

A 
Sun
Moon
Solar polarisation pattern
Intensity gradient
Milky Way
87
Q

Locust polarisation coding network

Author and year

A

Homberg et al (2011)

88
Q

Locust polarisation coding network

What cues do they use?

A

Spectral gradient
Intensity gradient
Polarisation pattern

89
Q

How LCD works / is used in experiments

Author and year

A

Gleeson (1998)

90
Q

Cuttlefish angle of polarisation resolution

Author and year

A

Temple et al (2012)

91
Q

Cuttlefish angle of polarisation resolution

Resolution at high percentage polarisation

92
Q

Iridescent butterfly polarisation signal

Author and year

A

Sweeny et al (2003)

93
Q

Stomatopod phylogenetic tree - polarisation and structural colour
Author and year

A

How and Roberts (2014)

94
Q

Zebra finch UV signals - mate choice

Author and years

A

Bennett et al (1996, 1997)

95
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Blue tit UV signals - mate choice

Author and year

A

Sheldon et al (1999)

96
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Damselfish UV signals - species recognition

Author and year

A

Siebeck et al (2010)

97
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Damselfish UV signals - species recognition

Common name of species used

A

Lemon

Ambon (same species)

98
Q

Guppy UV signals - attractiveness

Authors and years

A

White et al (2002)

Kodric-Brown et al (2002)

99
Q

Distance-dependent aposematism - poison dart frogs

Author and year

A

Barnett et al (2018)

100
Q

Visual pigments of shallow living coastal and freshwater teleosts
Author and year

A

Lythgoe and Partridge (1989)

101
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Visual pigments of shallow living coastal and freshwater teleosts
Longer wavelength cones in freshwater vs marine

A

Freshwater - 600 nm

Marine - 500 nm

102
Q

Wavelength deep sea bioluminescence centred on

Author and year

A

Widder (2010)

103
Q

Wavelength of maximum absorbance in marine species

Author and year

A

Douglas et al (1998)

104
Q

Deep-sea squid - overcoming problem of transparency vs red

Author and year

A

Zylinski and Johnsen (2011)

105
Q

Opomotor experiment - fiddler crabs

Author and year

A

Baldwin and Johnson (2011)

106
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Opomotor expeirment - bees

Author and year

A

Boeddeker and Hemmi (2009)

107
Q

Fiddler crab burrow surveillance

Author and year

A

Hemmi and Zeil (2003)

108
Q

Fiddler crab communication - vibrations

Author and year

A

Salmon (1967)

109
Q

Fiddler crab communication - colour - mate choice

Author and year

A

Detto (2007)

110
Q

Fiddler crab communication - colour - neighbour recognition

Author and year

A

Detto et al (2007)

111
Q

Fiddler crab communication - colour - predation risk

Author and year

A

Hemmi et al (2006)

112
Q

Fiddler crab communication - movement - verbal description

Author and year

A

Crane (1975)

113
Q

Fiddler crab communication - movement

Author and year

A

How (2007)

114
Q

Jacky dragon scene analysis

Author and year

A

Peters and Evans (2003)

115
Q

Fiddler crab movement - testing female choice

Author

A

Perez and Backwell

116
Q

Fiddler crab detecting objects on the ground using polarisation cues
Author and year

A

How et al (2015)

117
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Testing the limits of fiddler crab polarisation vision

Author and years

A

How et al (2012, 2014)

118
Q

Testing the limits of fiddler crab polarisation vision

Angle of polarisation threshold

A

3.2 degrees

119
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Testing the limits of fiddler crab polarisation vision

Degree of polarisation threshold

120
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Reichardt correlation detector

Author and year

A

Takemura et al (2011)

121
Q

Optic flow in insects

Author and year

A

Longden and Krapp (2009)

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