Nocturnal navigation in Leucorchestris arenicola (Araneae, Sparassidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 533-540

  Nørgaard, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Gobabeb Training and Research Centre Walvis Bay   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Dead reckoning; Egocentric; Geocentric navigation; Homing; Path integration

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARENICOLA; LEUCORCHESTRIS; SPARASSIDAE;

EID: 30344459676     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/04-113.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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