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Fig. 3

From: The use of the skylight polarization gradient in young sandhopper’s orientation

Fig. 3

(a) Relationship between goodness of orientation (GO) and age of expert and inexpert sandhoppers. Black squares (■), tests with adult individuals under the dome; open squares (□), tests with adult individuals under the sun. Black triangles (▲), tests with inexpert young sandhoppers conducted under the dome; open triangles (), tests with inexpert young sandhoppers conducted under the sun. Dashed triangles (), tests with expert young sandhoppers conducted under the dome. (b) The graph shows the difficulty in assuming any radial direction during the experiment. INEX-DOME, inexpert young individuals tested in the dome; EX-DOME, expert young tested in the dome; AD-DOME, adult sandhoppers tested in the dome; INEX-SUN, inexpert young tested under the sun; AD-SUN, adult sandhoppers tested under the sun. See text for further explanations.

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