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How bumblebees use lateral and ventral optic flow cues for position control in environments of different proximity
Flying insects frequently navigate through environments of different complexity. In this study, buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris L.) were trained to fly along tunnels of different widths, from 60 to 240 cm. In tunnel widths of 60 and 120 cm, bumblebees control their lateral position by bala...
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description | Flying insects frequently navigate through environments of different complexity. In this study, buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris L.) were trained to fly along tunnels of different widths, from 60 to 240 cm. In tunnel widths of 60 and 120 cm, bumblebees control their lateral position by balancing the magnitude of translational optic flow experienced in the lateral visual field of each eye. In wider tunnels, bumblebees use translational optic flow cues in the ventral visual field to control their lateral position and to steer along straight tracks. Our results also suggest that bumblebees prefer to fly over surfaces that provide strong ventral optic flow cues, rather than over featureless ones. Together, these strategies allow bumblebees to minimize the risk of collision and to maintain relatively straight flight paths in a broad range of environments. |
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spelling | pubmed-54271662017-05-26 How bumblebees use lateral and ventral optic flow cues for position control in environments of different proximity Linander, Nellie Baird, Emily Dacke, Marie J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol Original Paper Flying insects frequently navigate through environments of different complexity. In this study, buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris L.) were trained to fly along tunnels of different widths, from 60 to 240 cm. In tunnel widths of 60 and 120 cm, bumblebees control their lateral position by balancing the magnitude of translational optic flow experienced in the lateral visual field of each eye. In wider tunnels, bumblebees use translational optic flow cues in the ventral visual field to control their lateral position and to steer along straight tracks. Our results also suggest that bumblebees prefer to fly over surfaces that provide strong ventral optic flow cues, rather than over featureless ones. Together, these strategies allow bumblebees to minimize the risk of collision and to maintain relatively straight flight paths in a broad range of environments. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017-04-20 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5427166/ /pubmed/28429124 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00359-017-1173-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Linander, Nellie Baird, Emily Dacke, Marie How bumblebees use lateral and ventral optic flow cues for position control in environments of different proximity |
title | How bumblebees use lateral and ventral optic flow cues for position control in environments of different proximity |
title_full | How bumblebees use lateral and ventral optic flow cues for position control in environments of different proximity |
title_fullStr | How bumblebees use lateral and ventral optic flow cues for position control in environments of different proximity |
title_full_unstemmed | How bumblebees use lateral and ventral optic flow cues for position control in environments of different proximity |
title_short | How bumblebees use lateral and ventral optic flow cues for position control in environments of different proximity |
title_sort | how bumblebees use lateral and ventral optic flow cues for position control in environments of different proximity |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5427166/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28429124 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00359-017-1173-9 |
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