Visually mediated odometry in honeybees

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2513-2522

  Srinivasan, M V ^a   Zhang, S W ^a   Bidwell, N J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flight distance; Honeybee; Image motion; Landmark; Navigation; Visual odometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030859607     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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