... of these systems to rapidly develop specialisations to distinct visual ecologies, with selection acting at the perceptual, processing and molecular level. * Authors for correspondence ( jw14637@bristol.ac.uk ; s.montgomery@bristol.ac.uk ) Competing interests The authors declare no competing...

... lighting impacts visual ecology links between flowers, pollinators and predators . Nat. Commun. 12 , 4163 . 10.1038/s41467-021-24394-0 Dominoni , D. , Quetting , M. and Partecke , J. ( 2013 ). Artificial light at night advances avian reproductive physiology . Proc. R. Soc. B...

... Neuroethology Neuroanatomy Chiton Mollusc Visual ecology Polarization vision Highlighted Article:   Acanthopleura granulata exhibits polarization sensitivity, and sensory information gathered by its distributed visual system is integrated in a decentralized visuotopic map. ...

... of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram Council for Scientific and Industrial Research India Collective behaviour Defensive behaviour Honeybees Predator–prey interaction Visual ecology Summary: The shimmering response in Asian giant honey bees is elicited only...

..., and assume that noise in each cone mechanism is proportional to the mean response (i.e. Weber's law holds). The University of Queensland Australian Research Council http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000923 DP150102710 Visual ecology Colour vision Receptor noise limited...

... Bird vision Colour vision Psychometric function Visual ecology For many animals, including primates, birds and insects, colour is an important cue to identify, recognise and evaluate objects, such as mates (e.g. birds: Hill, 1991 ; Hunt et al., 1999 ) or food (e.g. primates: Osorio...

... in an achromatic context. Receptor noise limited model Experimental psychophysics Perceptual thresholds Visual ecology Visual modelling The perception of chromatic (colour) and achromatic (luminance) information from the surrounding environment enables animals to perform complex behaviours...

... et al., 2019 ; Gaston et al., 2013 , 2015 ). Artificial lighting at night (ALAN) Visual ecology Transect Sexual selection Mate attraction Mate choice Summary: Artificial lighting at night (ALAN) impedes female glow worms’ ability to attract males with their glow, implicating...

... of compound eyes, using the 3D micro-CT images of preserved animals. Interommatidial angle Micro-computed tomography Eye map Visual resolution Visual ecology Vision is the primary sense used by many animals for a wide range of behaviours including mating, navigating, feeding and avoiding...

..., Naso brevirostris , with the largest changes occurring from the larval to the juvenile stage. Visual ecology Teleosts Fish Ontogeny Opsin Retina Visual acuity Many animals use vision to perform important behavioural tasks such as feeding, mating, avoiding predators and finding...

... response. Vision Electroretinogram Polychaete Spectral sensitivity Visual ecology Sabellidae Radiolar eyes, found on the feeding tentacles of sabellid and serpulid tube worms, are unusual visual sensors ( Bok et al., 2016 , 2017b ). The radiolar tentacles project from the worm's head...

...., D.I.S. Summary: Morphological, physiological and behavioral approaches demonstrate for the first time that the eyes of snapping shrimp provide spatial vision. Electroretinography Microspectrophotometry Optomotor Orbital hood Spectral sensitivity Visual ecology The visual...

..., blue spectral range following the tendency of polarotactic aquatic insects. Collembola Podura aquatica Polarization vision Phototaxis Polarotaxis Visual ecology Springtails (Collembola) are tiny arthropods that play essential roles in terrestrial ecosystems by contributing...

... Olsson , P. , Wilby , D. and Kelber , A. ( 2016 ). Quantitative studies of animal colour constancy: using the chicken as model . Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B   283 , 20160411 . 10.1098/rspb.2016.0411 Osorio , D. , Miklósi , A. and Gonda , Z. ( 1999 ). Visual ecology...

... photoreceptor Depth Light Vision Visual ecology How animals acquire information about the environment is variable, both in the sensory systems they employ and how those systems operate. Studying this variation has given rise to the field of sensory ecology, which aims to understand the adaptive...

... environmental light. Visual ecology Diurnal/nocturnal feeders Phenotypic variation Adaptation Teleost Spectral tuning Detection of visual cues is often critical for behavioural tasks such as mate choice, escape from predators or foraging ( Detto, 2007 ; Foote et al., 2004 ; Miyagi et al...

...: a comparison between three Acanthopleura spp . Mar. Biol.   105 , 445 - 450 . 10.1007/BF01316316 Cronin , T. W. , Johnsen , S. , Marshall , N. J. and Warrant , E. J. ( 2014 ). Visual Ecology . Princeton : Princeton University Press . Crozier , W. J. ( 1921 ). ‘Homing...

... ecological paradigm developed for Diptera . Panchlora nivea Periplaneta americana Information processing Visual ecology Visual systems of fast-flying insects generally outperform those of slow flyers and crawlers. In several species of fly, photoreceptor performance was linked...

...://www.biologists.com/user-licence-1-1/ Summary: Vertically barred patterns provide protection for prey from visual predators even when they mismatch the spatial frequency of background habitats. Visual ecology Predator–prey relationships Fourier analysis Animal behaviour Disruptive camouflage...

... in four closely related species of Lake Malawi cichlid . Behav. Ecol.   13 , 59 - 64 . 10.1093/beheco/13.1.59 Cronin , T. W. , Johnsen , S. , Marshall , N. J. and Warrant , E. J. ( 2014 ). Visual Ecology . Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press . Devries , S. H...