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A new tabanid trap applying a modified concept of the old flypaper: Linearly polarising sticky black surfaces as an effective tool to catch polarotactic horseflies ⬇️

scientific article published on March 13, 2013

Accuracy of sun localization in the second step of sky-polarimetric Viking navigation for north determination: a planetarium experiment

article by Alexandra Farkas et al published 30 June 2014 in Journal of the Optical Society of America

Accuracy of the hypothetical sky-polarimetric Viking navigation versus sky conditions: revealing solar elevations and cloudinesses favourable for this navigation method.

scientific article published on 13 September 2017

Adjustment errors of sunstones in the first step of sky-polarimetric Viking navigation: studies with dichroic cordierite/ tourmaline and birefringent calcite crystals

scientific article

Celestial polarization patterns sufficient for Viking navigation with the naked eye: detectability of Haidinger's brushes on the sky versus meteorological conditions.

scientific article published on 08 February 2017

Experimental evidence that stripes do not cool zebras.

scientific article published on 19 June 2018

How could the Viking Sun compass be used with sunstones before and after sunset? Twilight board as a new interpretation of the Uunartoq artefact fragment

scientific article published in June 2014

How realistic are painted lightnings? Quantitative comparison of the morphology of painted and real lightnings: a psychophysical approach

scientific article published in 2018

Lamp-lit bridges as dual light-traps for the night-swarming mayfly, Ephoron virgo: interaction of polarized and unpolarized light pollution

scientific article (publication date: 2015)

Light Pollution Monitoring and Sky Colours

scientific article published on 05 October 2020

Light Pollution Survey in Hungarian National Parks

scientific article published on 11 May 2021

Living Environmental Laboratory for Lighting: Reduction of Light Pollution at Hungarian Settlements

scientific article published on 10 July 2020

Mayflies are least attracted to vertical polarization: A polarotactic reaction helping to avoid unsuitable habitats

scientific article published on 11 May 2016

Method to improve the survival of night-swarming mayflies near bridges in areas of distracting light pollution

scientific article published on 15 November 2017

North error estimation based on solar elevation errors in the third step of sky-polarimetric Viking navigation.

scientific article published in July 2016

Polarization transition between sunlit and moonlit skies with possible implications for animal orientation and Viking navigation: anomalous celestial twilight polarization at partial moon

scientific article published on August 2014

Quantifying the polarised light pollution of an asphalt road: an ecological trap for the stonefly, Perla abdominalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1838) (Plecoptera: Perlidae)

scientific article published on 14 May 2019

Seasonality and daily activity of male and female tabanid flies monitored in a Hungarian hill-country pasture by new polarization traps and traditional canopy traps

scientific article published on 6 September 2014

Stripes disrupt odour attractiveness to biting horseflies: Battle between ammonia, CO2, and colour pattern for dominance in the sensory systems of host-seeking tabanids ⬇️

scientific article published on June 28, 2013

Success of sky-polarimetric Viking navigation: revealing the chance Viking sailors could reach Greenland from Norway.

scientific article published on 4 April 2018

The effect of weather variables on the flight activity of horseflies (Diptera: Tabanidae) in the continental climate of Hungary

scientific article

Unexpected attraction of polarotactic water-leaving insects to matt black car surfaces: mattness of paintwork cannot eliminate the polarized light pollution of black cars

scientific article

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