Nature's compass : the mystery of animal navigation / James L. Gould, Carol Grant Gould.
Nature's compass : the mystery of animal navigation / James L. Gould, Carol Grant Gould.
Nature's compass : the mystery of animal navigation / James L. Gould, Carol Grant Gould.
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Publisher
Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, c2012.
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N591.568/5
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 294 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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.
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Publisher
Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, c2012.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
c2012.
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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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Full title
Nature's compass : the mystery of animal navigation / James L. Gould, Carol Grant Gould.
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Science essentials.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
c2012.
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N591.568/5
Record Identifier
74Vv80JZJG0X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv80JZJG0X
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ISBN
0691140456 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780691140452 (hardback : alk. paper)
DDC
591.56/8
MMS ID
991014326719702626
