title: Visual Navigation in Nocturnal Insects.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Lund Vision Group, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden Eric.Warrant@biol.lu.se.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Warrant
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Lund Vision Group, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dacke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003463:Cues; D005123:Eye; D006801:Humans; D007313:Insecta / Q000502:physiology*; D008027:Light; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*