... adjusts different echolocation parameters when echolocating in acoustically contaminated environments. Echolocation Active sensing Bioacoustics Signal interference Spatial orientation Jamming avoidance response For orientation, echolocating bats emit biosonar calls and listen to echoes...

...Uta Pegel; Keram Pfeiffer; Uwe Homberg ABSTRACT Many insects rely on celestial compass cues such as the polarization pattern of the sky for spatial orientation. In the desert locust, the central complex (CX) houses multiple sets of neurons, sensitive to the oscillation plane of polarized light...

... the range of their routine movements. Amphibians Homing Map navigation Telemetry Spatial orientation The ability to flexibly choose the direct path from arbitrary release points to goals outside direct sensory contact is considered a hallmark of a map-like navigation mechanism ( Jacobs...

.... Celestial compass Central place forager Panorama snapshot Spatial orientation Visual landmark Vector navigation Hymenopteran central place foragers – such as bees, wasps and ants – perform so-called learning flights or walks whenever they have to memorize the landmark panorama surrounding...

..., Manduca sexta . J. Comp. Physiol. A   195 , 39 - 54 . 10.1007/s00359-008-0380-9 Schaller , D. ( 1978 ). Antennal sensory system of Periplaneta americana L . Cell Tiss. Res.   191 , 121 - 139 . 10.1007/BF00223221 Schöne , H. ( 1984 ). Spatial Orientation . Princeton, NJ...

... 10 7 2012 © 2012. 2012 spatial orientation magnetic sense magnetoreception mole-rat Bathyergidae Fukomys Heliophobius Diverse animals, including birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, crustaceans and insects, use the Earth's magnetic field for directional...

... play a significant role in segmental stabilization?That is, if an external object (e.g. neck) applies a force to the head, will the head, in the absence of muscle activation, react by rotating in the opposite direction (∼180 deg. out-of-phase) thereby maintaining its spatial orientation? This question...

... of echolocation for spatial orientation or navigation. Synchronised video and high-frequency recordings were made of two harbour porpoises trained to swim from one position to another across an outdoor pool in order to correlate swimming and echolocation behaviour. Both porpoises showed a clear range-locking...

... at present address: Harvard University, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, 02138 MA,USA (e-mail: kimhi@fas.harvard.edu ). 15 11 2004 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 spatial orientation obstacle echolocation seismic signal Spalax...

... differences. It is concluded that either the head or the trunk can provide the nervous system with a reference frame for spatial orientation and that the segment providing that reference can change, depending upon the kinematic characteristics of the chosen gait. * Author for correspondence (e...

... ) 11 8 2003 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2003 2003 fiddler crab Uca rapax path integration homing spatial orientation central-place forager systematic error Fiddler crabs have the remarkable habit of aligning the transverse axis of their body with the direction...

... systems of the swimming crab: their morphology and interaction. Forts. Zool. 28 , 213 -229. Schöne, H. ( 1984 ). Spatial Orientation. 347 pp. Princeton, NJ:Princeton University Press. Seyfarth, E.-A., Hergenroder, R., Ebbes, H. and Barth, F. ( 1982 ). Idiothetic orientation of a wandering...

... 5 1998 14 7 1998 © The Company of Biologists Limited 1998 Crustacea Uca pugilator fiddler crab vision predator avoidance spatial orientation Crabs, such as fiddler crabs, that live on sandflats and beaches have been dubbed ‘flat-world’ crabs because many aspects...

... of Biologists Ltd. 1997 lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis locomotion spatial orientation equilibrium control vestibular compensation visuo-vestibular interaction reticulospinal neurones One of the most striking examples of central nervous system (CNS) plasticity is the recovery from...