Distributed Vision From Simple Sensors to Sophisticated Combination Eyes

This volume explores the diversity of distributed eyes and other unusual visual systems in nature. It compares the unique themes of optics, neural processing, and behavioral control that emerge from these visual systems with more-canonical eyes. This volume attempts to answer a number of questions a...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Buschbeck, Elke (Editor), Bok, Michael (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
Series:Springer Series in Vision Research
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This volume explores the diversity of distributed eyes and other unusual visual systems in nature. It compares the unique themes of optics, neural processing, and behavioral control that emerge from these visual systems with more-canonical eyes. This volume attempts to answer a number of questions about distributed visual systems. What are distributed visual systems good for, how do they function, and why have they arisen independently in so many phyla? Why are eye designs and visual system arrangements much more diverse in invertebrates? Each chapter includes an overview of the visual systems that exist in their group of animals, relates vision to ecology, and takes a comparative approach.
Physical Description:VII, 320 p. 70 illus., 55 illus. in color online resource
ISBN:9783031232169