Nature's compass: the mystery of animal navigation
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Main Author: Gould, James L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press c2012
Series:Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Navigating : problems and strategies -- When and where -- A matter of time -- Insect compasses -- Vertebrate compasses -- Piloting and inertial navigation -- The map sense -- Migration and the future : conservation and extinction
"Explores the methods by which animals navigate throughout the world, examining such examples as the monarch butterfly's use of an internal clock and the honey bee's reliance on the sun and mental maps."--
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 294 p.)
ISBN:0691140456
1400841666
9780691140452
9781400841660

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