Nature's compass [electronic resource] : the mystery of animal navigation / James L. Gould, Carol Grant Gould.
2012
QL782 .G68 2012eb
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Title
Nature's compass [electronic resource] : the mystery of animal navigation / James L. Gould, Carol Grant Gould.
Author
Gould, James L., 1945-
ISBN
9781400841660 (electronic bk. )
9780691140452
9780691140452
Publication Details
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 294 p.) : ill., maps.
Call Number
QL782 .G68 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
591.56/8
Summary
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Gould, Carol Grant.
Series
Science essentials
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Nature's compass.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.