Orientation, Navigation, and Searching

J. Zeil

doi:10.1016/B978-008045405-4.00027-6

Orientation, Navigation, and Searching

J. Zeil^*

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Animals have many good reasons to move around, and in order to do so in a controlled and organized fashion they need to sense and process information about directions and distances in the world. Animals control the orientation of their sensors with respect to world coordinates as a prerequisite for this information-processing task. This alignment then allows them to derive compass cues from terrestrial and celestial features and to determine the distance they have traveled. Unique visual, magnetic, and olfactory features of significant places on earth allow animals to relocate these places after excursions, in some cases on a global scale. Animals have evolved efficient search strategies, in case they get lost, or for situations in which the location of food or mates is unpredictable.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	2596-2608
Number of pages	13
Volume	1-5
ISBN (Electronic)	9780080454054
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-008045405-4.00027-6
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2008

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