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UNINA9910461714603321 |
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Autore |
Gould James L. <1945-> |
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Titolo |
Nature's compass [[electronic resource] ] : the mystery of animal navigation / / James L. Gould, Carol Grant Gould |
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Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2012 |
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1-280-49415-8 |
9786613589385 |
1-4008-4166-6 |
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[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (311 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Animal navigation |
Animal orientation |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Navigating-Problems and Strategies -- Chapter 2. When and Where -- Chapter 3. A Matter of Time -- Chapter 4. Insect Compasses -- Chapter 5. Vertebrate Compasses -- Chapter 6. Piloting and Inertial Navigation -- Chapter 7. The Map Sense -- Chapter 8. Migration and the Future: Conservation and Extinction -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index |
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We know that animals cross miles of water, land, and sky with pinpoint precision on a daily basis. But it is only in recent years that scientists have learned how these astounding feats of navigation are actually accomplished. With colorful and thorough detail, Nature's Compass explores the remarkable methods by which animals find their way both near home and around the globe. Noted biologist James Gould and popular science writer Carol Gould delve into the elegant strategies and fail-safe backup systems, the invisible sensitivities and mysterious forces, and incredible mental abilities used by familiar and rare species, as they investigate a multitude of navigation strategies, from the simple to the astonishing. The Goulds discuss how animals navigate, without instruments and training, at a level far beyond human talents. They |
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explain how animals measure time and show how the fragile monarch butterfly employs an internal clock, calendar, compass, and map to commence and measure the two-thousand-mile annual journey to Mexico--all with a brain that weighs only a few thousandths of an ounce. They look at honey bees and how they rely on the sun and mental maps to locate landmarks such as nests and flowers. And they examine whether long-distance migrants, such as the homing pigeon, depend on a global positioning system to let them know where they are. Ultimately, the authors ask if the disruption of migratory paths through habitat destruction and global warming is affecting and endangering animal species. Providing a comprehensive picture of animal navigation and migration, Nature's Compass decodes the mysteries of this extraordinary aspect of natural behavior. |
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UNISA996213649803316 |
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Titolo |
The Semantic Web – ISWC 2014 [[electronic resource] ] : 13th International Semantic Web Conference, Riva del Garda, Italy, October 19-23, 2014. Proceedings, Part I / / edited by Peter Mika, Tania Tudorache, Abraham Bernstein, Chris Welty, Craig Knoblock, Denny Vrandečić, Paul Groth, Natasha Noy, Krzysztof Janowicz, Carole Goble |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
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[1st ed. 2014.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XXXIV, 623 p. 147 illus.) |
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Collana |
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Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI ; ; 8796 |
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Artificial intelligence |
Database management |
Information storage and retrieval |
Natural language processing (Computer science) |
Artificial Intelligence |
Database Management |
Information Storage and Retrieval |
Natural Language Processing (NLP) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Linked data, its quality, link discovery and application in the life sciences -- Data integration -- Search and query answering -- SPARQL -- Ontology based data access and query rewriting and reasoning; Natural language processing and information extraction -- User interaction and personalization, and social media; Ontology alignment and modularization -- Sensors and streams -- Biomedicine and drug discovery -- Smart cities -- Sensor streams -- Multimedia -- Visualization -- Link generation -- Ontology development -- Linked stream data -- Federated query processing -- Tag recommendation -- Entity summarization -- Mobile semantic web. |
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The two-volume set LNCS 8796 and 8797 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2014, held in Riva del Garda, in October 2014. The International Semantic Web Conference is the premier forum for Semantic Web research, where cutting edge scientific results and technological innovations are presented, where problems and solutions are discussed, and where the future of this vision is being developed. It brings together specialists in fields such as artificial intelligence, databases, social networks, distributed computing, Web engineering, information systems, human-computer interaction, natural language processing, and the social sciences. Part 1 (LNCS 8796) contains a total of 38 papers which were presented in the research track. They were carefully reviewed and selected from 180 submissions. Part 2 (LNCS 8797) contains 15 papers from the 'semantic Web in use' track which were accepted from 46 submissions. In addition, it presents 16 contributions of the RBDS track and 6 papers of the doctoral consortium. |
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