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Author:   Miriam Lehrer
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Imprint:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition:   1997 ed.
Volume:   84
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.870kg
ISBN:  

9783764356934

ISBN 10:   3764356936
Pages:   402
Publication Date:   18 November 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Tactic components in orientation.- The selection and use of landmarks by insects.- Course control and tracking: Orientation through image stabilization.- Visual control of honeybee flight.- Honeybees’ visual spatial orientation at the feeding site.- The ant’s celestial compass system: spectral and polarization channels.- Magnetic orientation and the magnetic sense in arthropods.- Chemo- and mechanosensory orientation by crustaceans in laminar and turbulent flows: From odour trails to vortex streets.- Vibratory communication in spiders: Adaptation and compromise at many levels.- Acoustical communication in social insects.- Acoustic communication and orientation in grasshoppers.- Pheromone-controlled anemotaxis in moths.- The evolution of communication and the communication of evolution: The case of the honey bee queen pheromone.

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