How do animals 'do' geometry?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Biegler, Robert ^a   Mcgregor, Anthony ^a   Healy, Susan D ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0008496667     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.1003     Document Type: Review

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