Interaction between path integration and visual orientation during the homing run of fiddler crabs

Foraging fiddler crabs form a strict spatial relationship between their current positions and burrows, allowing them to run directly back to their burrows when startled even without visual contacts. Path integration (PI), the underlying mechanism, is a universal navigation strategy through which ani...

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Main Authors: Hisashi Murakami, Takenori Tomaru, Yukio-Pegio Gunji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2017-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.170954