A bee in the corridor: Centering and wall-following

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1181-1187

  Serres, Julien R ^a   Masson, Guillaume P ^a   Ruffier, Franck ^a   Franceschini, Nicolas ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Collision avoidance; Honeybee; Image motion; Insect flight; Optic flow; Vision

Indexed keywords

FLY; HONEYBEE; TUNNEL; VISION;

ARTICLE; BEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 54349113267     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0440-6     Document Type: Article

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