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ArticleBiology letters2021

Spatial orientation of social caterpillars is influenced by polarized light.

Mizuki Uemura, Andrej Meglič, Myron P Zalucki, Andrea Battisti, Gregor Belušič

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Article in Biology letters, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The diversity of lepidopteran spatial orientation strategies - neuronal mechanisms and emerging challenges in a changing world.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026
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  2. The sensory ecology of caterpillars.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Mizuki UemuraDepartment of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padova, 35020 Legnaro, Padova, Italy.
Andrej MegličEye Hospital, University Medical Centre, Grablovičeva 46, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Myron P ZaluckiSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia.
Andrea BattistiDepartment of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padova, 35020 Legnaro, Padova, Italy.
Gregor BelušičDepartment of Biology, Biotechnical faculty, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
University of Padua · ITLjubljana University Medical Centre · SIThe University of Queensland · AUUniversity of Ljubljana · SI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Processionary caterpillars of

Indexed as

InsectaOrientation, SpatialAnimalsAustraliaEuropeLarvaLightlarval visionLepidopteraorientationpolarization visionstemma

Identifiers

PMID33592154
PMCPMC8086976
OpenAlexW3129522929

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Registered trials

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