The Dance Language and Orientation of Bees
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The Dance Language and Orientation of Bees is Karl von Frisch’s landmark scientific work that explains how honeybees communicate the location of food sources through complex waggle dances and spatial orientation.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Dance Language and Orientation of Bees canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | scientific book ⓘ |
| author | Karl von Frisch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citedAs | classic work in animal behavior ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
foundations of ethology
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understanding of symbolic communication in animals ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
communication of food source location
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dance language of bees ⓘ round dance of bees ⓘ spatial orientation of bees ⓘ waggle dance of bees ⓘ |
| explains |
how bees encode direction in dances
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how bees encode distance in dances ⓘ recruitment of forager bees ⓘ role of gravity in bee dances ⓘ use of polarized light by bees ⓘ use of sun compass by bees ⓘ |
| field |
animal communication
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behavioral biology ⓘ entomology ⓘ ethology ⓘ |
| focusesOn | Apis mellifera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | The Dance Language and Orientation of Bees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFigureType |
diagrams of bee dances
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experimental apparatus illustrations ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of dance patterns
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discussion of sensory physiology of bees ⓘ experimental studies on bee navigation ⓘ |
| influenced |
research on animal navigation
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research on insect communication ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
animal orientation
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ethology ⓘ honeybee communication ⓘ waggle dance ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed quantitative analysis of bee dances
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experimental proof of symbolic communication in bees ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Die Tanzsprache und Orientierung der Bienen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCountApprox | 566 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harvard University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1973 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
advanced students of biology
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scientists ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | 20th century bee research ⓘ |
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