Two odometers in honeybees?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 3281-3286

  Dacke, M ^a,c   Srinivasan, M V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Celestial compass; Honeybee; Odometer; Path integration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BEES; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; VIDEO RECORDING;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 55549091748     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.021022     Document Type: Article

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