Mechanisms of homing in the fiddler crab Uca rapax 2. Information sources and frame of reference for a path integration system

J. E. Layne
2003 Journal of Experimental Biology  
In order to return to a place they have previously visited, many animals use a form of coding of their movements, called path integration by Mittelstaedt and Mittelstaedt (1980) , wherein information arising from the animal's own movement is used to update the animal's memory of its position continuously in the form of a vector joining the animal's current location with the goal (for example reviews, see
doi:10.1242/jeb.00661 pmid:14610028 fatcat:orxvfzzytfgmbjup45ralattv4