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Insect orientation to polarized moonlight

Marie Dacke (), Dan-Eric Nilsson, Clarke H. Scholtz, Marcus Byrne and Eric J. Warrant
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Marie Dacke: University of Lund
Dan-Eric Nilsson: University of Lund
Clarke H. Scholtz: Ecophysiological Studies Research Group, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Marcus Byrne: University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria
Eric J. Warrant: University of Lund

Nature, 2003, vol. 424, issue 6944, 33-33

Abstract: An African dung beetle uses the moonlit sky to make a swift exit after finding food.

Date: 2003
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