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Freely flying honeybees use image motion to estimate object distance

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Tierphysiologie, Zoologisches Institut der Universität, D-8700, Würzburg

    W. H. Kirchner

  2. Centre for Visual Sciences, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, 2601, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia

    M. V. Srinivasan

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One of us (W. H. K.) thanks A. Horridge for his kind hospitality during a Visiting Fellowship at the Centre for Visual Sciences, where this work was done. We thank A. Horridge, M. Lehrer and D. Osorio for commenting on the manuscript. We also thank R. Dencio for constructing the apparatus, and A. Saeck for providing and maintaining the bee colonies.

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Kirchner, W.H., Srinivasan, M.V. Freely flying honeybees use image motion to estimate object distance. Naturwissenschaften 76, 281–282 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00368643

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