عنوان

Orientation and communication in arthropods

(Number (ISBN

3034888783

(Number (ISBN

3034898118

(Number (ISBN

9783034888783

(Number (ISBN

9783034898119

Number

b550847

Title Proper

Orientation and communication in arthropods

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by M. Lehrer.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Basel ; Boston

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Birkhäuser Verlag

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©1997.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(xiv, 395 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Series Title

EXS, 84.

Text of Note

Tactic components in orientation / R. Campan --;The selection and use of landmarks by insects / T.S. Collett and J. Zeil --;Course control and tracking: orientation through image stabilization / K. Kirschfeld --;Visual control of honeybee flight / M.V. Srinivasan and S.W. Zhang --;Honeybees' visual spatial orientation at the feeding site / M. Lehrer --;The ant's celestial compass system: spectral and polarization channels / R. Wehner --;Magnetic orientation and the magnetic sense in arthropods / M.M. Walker --;Chemo- and mechanosensory orientation by crustaceans in laminar and turbulent flows: from odour trails to vortex streets / M.J. Weissburg --;Vibratory communication in spiders: adaptation and compromise at many levels / F.G. Barth --;Acoustical communication in social insects / W.H. Kirchner --;Acoustic communication and orientation in grasshoppers / D. von Helversen --;Pheromone-controlled anemotaxis in moths / K.-E. Kaissling --;The evolution of communication and the communication of evolution: the case of the honey bee queen pheromone / R. Gadagkar.

Text of Note

Many arthropods use celestial (skylight) and terrestrial (magnetic) compass cues for orientation, and some of them were shown to develop, through experience, oriented behaviours based on a variety of innate, hard-wired orientation mechanisms.

Animal navigation.

Communication.

Orientation.

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Book number

edited by M. Lehrer.

M Lehrer

Electronic name

[Book]

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