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Polarized Light Perception

Polarized Light Perception is the sensory capacity to detect the orientation and intensity of linearly or circularly polarized light, enabling animals to extract spatial and environmental information from the polarization patterns in their visual field.

288

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16.6K

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482

Authors

218

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2017–2026

35

Variants

Polarization Vision

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Publications

288

Insect orientation to polarized moonlight

Marie Dacke, Dan‐Eric Nilsson, Clarke H. Scholtz et al. · Nature · 2003 · 352 citations

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Polarized Light Cues Underlie Compass Calibration in Migratory Songbirds

Rachel Muheim, John B. Phillips, Susanne Åkesson · Science · 2006 · 295 citations

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Circular Polarization Vision in a Stomatopod Crustacean

Tsyr-Huei Chiou, Sonja Kleinlogel, Tom Cronin et al. · Current Biology · 2008 · 282 citations · Full text

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The significance of direct sunlight and polarized skylight in the ant’s celestial system of navigation

Rüdiger Wehner, Martin M. Müller · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2006 · 254 citations · Full text

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Polarization vision – a uniform sensory capacity?

Rüdiger Wehner · Journal of Experimental Biology · 2001 · 241 citations · Full text

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Authors

482

  1. NJ
    N. Justin Marshall

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    22 publications · 1.4K citations

    20

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  2. TL
    Thomas Labhart

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    19 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. UH
    Uwe Homberg

    Philipps University of Marburg, Germany

    21 publications · 1.3K citations

    18

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  4. NW
    Nicholas W. Roberts

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    15 publications · 620 citations

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  5. NS
    Nadav Shashar

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    15 publications · 1.1K citations

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Institutions

218

  1. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    27 h-index

    53 publications

    5.9K citations

  2. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    20 h-index

    50 publications

    3.3K citations

  3. Philipps University of Marburg

    Marburg, Germany

    19 h-index

    55 publications

    3K citations

  4. Lund University

    Lund, Sweden

    18 h-index

    58 publications

    4.6K citations

  5. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    50 publications

    2.2K citations

  6. Eötvös Loránd University

    Budapest, Hungary

    16 h-index

    48 publications

    2.8K citations

  7. University of Maryland, Baltimore County

    Baltimore, United States

    14 h-index

    25 publications

    2.8K citations

  8. Marine Biological Laboratory

    Woods Hole, United States

    9 h-index

    16 publications

    1K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Experimental Biology

    60 publications · 2.9K citations

    30

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  2. Journal of Comparative Physiology A

    37 publications · 2.3K citations

    28

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  3. Nature

    21 publications · 1.6K citations

    18

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  4. Vision Research

    10 publications · 666 citations

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