Static and dynamic snapshots for goal localization in insects?

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-4

  Dittmar, Laura ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Insect navigation; Snapshot matching; View based homing; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79951697860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.4.1.13763     Document Type: Review

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