ミツバチのナビゲーション: "オドメーター"の性質と校正
M V Srinivasan1, S Zhang, M Altwein
1Centre for Visual Science, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. MSrinivasan@anu.edu.au
まとめ
ミツバチは,食物までの飛行距離を測定するために,エネルギー消費ではなく,視覚的なヒントを使用します. この研究では,ハチミツを校正しています.
科学分野:
- 動物の行動 動物の行動
- 感覚生物学 感覚生物学とは
- 昆虫のナビゲーション
背景:
- ミツバチは複雑なメカニズムを使って食糧源へ移動する.
- 2つの主要な理論が存在します: エネルギー支出と視覚光学フロー.
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