Animal Orientation:
Revision Notes

Compiled as a final-year zoology student at the University of Edinburgh, based on the information given in lectures.

Compasses

 

Maps and mapping mechanisms

 

Landmark use

 

Navigation mechanisms

 

Animal homing

 

Tracking animals

 

Migration

 

Orientation in salmonid fish

 

Orientation in insects

(Collett & Zeil 1998)

 

Orientation in marine mammals

 

Orientation in turtles

 

Navigation by sound in reef fish

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© Andrew Gray, 2004