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Desert Navigator : The Journey of an Ant / Rüdiger Wehner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wehner, Rüdiger, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ants--Behavior--Sahara.
- Ants.
- Animal navigation.
- Neural circuitry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2020]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- 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 skills of these charismatic creatures.
- 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
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Prose Award For Excellence in Biology & Life Sciences, 2021.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780674247925
- 0674247922
- 9780674247918
- 0674247914
- OCLC:
- 1137040449
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