The fine structure of honeybee head and body yaw movements in a homing task

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1689, 2010, Pages 1899-1906

  Boeddeker, Norbert ^a   Dittmar, Laura ^a   Stürzl, Wolfgang ^a   Egelhaaf, Martin ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bee; Behaviour; Flight control; Gaze stabilization; Homing; Vision

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; MOVEMENT; STABILIZATION; VISION;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 77954037906     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2326     Document Type: Conference Paper

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