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This book is a timely summary of current research on distance orientation in animals, including such phenomena as spatial activity inside familiar areas and long distance migration. This is an area of scientific research fraught with difficult methodological problems to the seemingly unanswerable but fascinating questions about how animals manage to find home and other goals. This volume has collected together the work of leading research figures who have overcome many of these difficulties by innovative research techniques illuminating the how and why animals reach distant goals. It covers a wide range of invertebrates, giving an overview of homing performance in natural and experimental conditions, as well as the state of knowledge about the proximate mechanisms involved, the underlying neurophysiological machinery where known and the wider phylogenetic and evolutionary implications. It will be of interest to a wide range of behavioural scientists and naturalists.

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...Papi's book succeeds...Animal Homing provides a valuable link between fields...should prove popular with researcher and student alike - Recent Ornithological Publications; Effective and well-chosen illustrations throughout and excellent editorial work make the volume far superior to the average camera-ready publication...offers a perspective of behaviour that encompasses all levels of behavioural organisation and underlying mechanisms...this well-balanced book gives and excellent overview of the recent progress made in the field... - Ethology Ecology & Evolution; Each of the eight chapters is written by an authority on the particular group covered; chapter references are extensive and up-to-date ]o Annals of the Entomological Society ]d July 1994

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