Orientation and Communication in Arthropods
The present volume deals with the most fascinating aspects of sensory performance studied in insects, crustaceans and spiders. Arthropods inhabit practically every conceivable ecological niche, and are perfectly adapted to cope with the constraints of the
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Orientation and Communication in Arthropods Edited by M. Lehrer
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Editor: Dr. Miriam Lehrer Institute of Zoology University of Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH-8057 Zurich Switzerland
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M. Lehrer. - Basel ; Boston; Berlin: Birkhăuser, 1997 (EXS: 84) ISBN 978-3-0348-9811-9 ISBN 978-3-0348-8878-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-0348-8878-3 84. Orientation and cammunicatian in arthropods. - 1997 EXS. - Basel ; Boston; Berlin: Birkhăuser Friiher Schriftenreihe Fortlaufende BeiI. zu: Experientia
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Contents List of Contributors .
VII
Introductory remarks
IX
R. Campan Tactic components in orientation T S. Collett and J Zeil The selection and use of landmarks by insects
41
K. Kirschfeld Course control and tracking: Orientation through image stabilization
67
M. V. Srinivasan and S. W Zhang Visual control of honeybee flight . . . . . . . . . . . .
95
M. Lehrer Honeybees' visual spatial orientation at the feeding site
115
R. Wehner The ant's celestial compass system: spectral and polarization channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
145
M.M. Walker Magnetic orientation and the magnetic sense in arthropods.
187
M. J Weiss burg Chemo- and mechanosensory orientation by crustaceans in laminar and turbulent flows: From odour trails to vortex streets. . . . . ..
215
FG. Barth Vibratory communication in spiders: Adaptation and compromise at many levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
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