Nature's Compass : : The Mystery of Animal Navigation / / Carol Grant Gould, James L. Gould.
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 rem...
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
Series: | Science Essentials ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 10 halftones. 97 line illus. 1 table. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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