Localization and orientation in biology and engineering /

Guidance systems

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kybernetik. Kongress
Other Authors: Varjú, Dezsö, 1932-, Schnitzler, H.-U., 1939-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1984.
Series:Proceedings in life sciences.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Sound localization in the horizontal plane by the house mouse
  • Localization of water surface waves wih the lateral line system in the clawed toad ( Xenopus laevis Daudin)
  • Determination of source-distance by the surface-feeding fishes Aplocheilus lineatus (Cyprinodontidae) and Pantodon buchholzi (Pantodontidae)
  • Determination of stimulus direction by the topminnow Aplocheilus lineatus
  • Visual orientation of flies in flight
  • Roll-stabilization during flight of the blowfly's head and body by mechanical and visual cues
  • Activation of flight control muscles by neck reflexes in the domestic pigeon
  • Dynamics of groundspeed control in Drosophila
  • Short-term integration: a possible mechanism in the optomotor reaction of walking crickets?
  • Computation of motion and position in the visual system of the fly (Musca), experiments with uniform stimulation
  • On the alignment of movement detectors mediating the landing response in the blowfly, Calliphora erythrocephala
  • The stimulus efficiency of intensity contrast, spectral contrast, and polarization contrast in the optomotorics of Pachnoda
  • Paired tread wheels as a tool for the analysis of orientation behaviour in arthropods
  • Wind orientation in walking carrion beetles (Necrophorus humator F.) under closed and open loop conditions
  • Acoustical pattern recognition in crickets
  • Neural enhancement of directionality in sensory pathways of two arthropods, the cricket and the crayfish
  • Homing by systematic search
  • The superlaminated torus in the electric fish Eigenmannia, a multimodal space integrator
  • The performance of bat sonar systems
  • Short-time spectral analysis of the ultrasound-echoes of flying insects
  • Control of echolocation pulses in the CF-FM-Bat Rhinolophus rouxi: neurophysiological investigations of the function of the brain stem motor nucleus innervating the larynx: the nucleus ambiguus
  • Elements of bird navigation
  • The development of the navigational system in young homing pigeons
  • The homing behavior of pigeons raised in a reversed magnetic field
  • The magnetic compass as an independent alternative to the sun compass in the homing performance of young pigeons
  • Typical migratory birds: endogenously programmed animals
  • The influence of the earth magnetic field to the migratory behaviour of pied flycatchers( Ficedula hypoleuca PALLAS)
  • Migratory birds: path-finding using madar? (magnetic detection and ranging)