Optokinetic speed control and estimation of travel distance in walking honeybees

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 587-592

  Schone H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distance estimation; Optokinetic control; Path control; Path integration; Pattern flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029960529     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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