Large-scale navigation: The insect case

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 1661, Issue , 1999, Pages

  Wehner, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cataglyphis; Desert ants; Landmark guidance; Matching to memory; Path integration; Polarized light; Skylight compass

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTEGRATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NAVIGATION;

CATAGLYPHIS; DESERT ANTS; FORAGING TRIPS; PANORAMIC VIEWS; PATH INTEGRATION; SAHARA DESERT;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 22644452024     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-48384-5_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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