Odometry and insect navigation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1629-1641

  Wolf, Harald ^a,b  

^a Institute for Advanced Study Berlin   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ant; Invertebrate; Navigation; Odometry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; INSECT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; INSECTS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955601975     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.038570     Document Type: Review

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