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Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003558019707536

Titolo

Spatial representation in animals / edited by Sue Healy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998

ISBN

0198500076

Descrizione fisica

x, 188 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Healy, Sue

Disciplina

591.52

Soggetti

Animal navigation

Animal orientation

Space perception

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-184) and index

Mechanisms of landmark use in mammals and birds - Places and landmarks: an arthropod perspective - Role of dead reckoning in navigation - Spatial representations and homing pigeon navigation - Spatial memory, landmark use and orientation in fish - Spatiotemporal aspects of avian long-distance migration - Landmark use and the cognitive map in the rat - Neural mechanisms of spatial representation.