Navigation without vision: Bumblebee orientation in complete darkness

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1414, 1999, Pages 45-50

  Chittka, L ^a,b   Williams, N M ^a,b   Rasmussen, H ^a,b   Thomson, J D ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bumblebee; Distance estimation; Magnet compass; Navigation; Path integration

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NAVIGATION; ORIENTATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEE; DARKNESS; FLYING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SUNLIGHT; TRAVEL; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; HYMENOPTERA; IMPATIENS; INSECTA;

EID: 0033531135     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0602     Document Type: Article

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