Overview
All the major topics in vertebrate navigation, including the entire modern animal navigation theory and practically all dominant hypotheses, are covered in one single edition
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Table of contents (2 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book reviews all major models and hypotheses concerning the mechanisms supposed to underlie the process of navigation in vertebrates.
It covers data on all major model groups of vertebrates studied in the context of animal navigation, such as migratory birds, homing pigeons, sea turtles, subterranean mammals and some migratory fish species. Some other – less studied – groups, e.g., whales, have also been touched.
The first part of the book describes different sources of navigational information, with their specific navigational mechanisms known or supposed to be employed by animals for navigational goals. The second part discusses possible functions of these mechanisms in different vertebrates and in the context of different navigational tasks, ranging from short-range navigation, often performed by animals within as small an area as several square meters, to long-distance global-scale migrations performed by many birds and some sea turtles during their lifespan.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Orientation and Navigation in Vertebrates
Authors: Andrii Rozhok
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78719-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-78718-1Published: 20 August 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09747-8Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-78719-8Published: 25 June 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 166
Topics: Behavioral Sciences, Vertebrates, Neurobiology, Animal Physiology