Desert Navigator : : The Journey of an Ant / / Rüdiger Wehner.
Cataglyphis ants can set out across vast expanses of desert terrain in search of prey, and then find the shortest way home. Rüdiger Wehner has devised elegant experiments to unmask how they do it. Through a lively and lucid narrative, he offers a firsthand look at the extraordinary navigational skil...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1. Setting the Scene
- 2. The Thermophiles
- 3. Finding Directions
- 4. Estimating Distances
- 5. Integrating Paths
- 6. Using Landmarks
- 7. Organizing the Journey
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Illustration Credits
- Index