Insect Navigation: Measuring Travel Distance across Ground and through Air

Matthew Collett; Thomas S. Collett; Mandyam V. Srinivasan

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.09.027

Insect Navigation: Measuring Travel Distance across Ground and through Air

Matthew Collett^*, Thomas S. Collett, Mandyam V. Srinivasan

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Abstract

Walking insects probably monitor leg movements to estimate how far they travel, whereas flying insects monitor optic flow.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R887-R890
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	16
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2006.09.027
Publication status	Published - 24 Oct 2006

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