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RIN16 (Animal Navigation)

ByRichard Nissen Reading Time: 1 minute

Every three years the Royal Institute of Navigation hosts a conference in the UK for everyone interested in Animal navigation.  The next one is in 2016:

RIN16 (Animal Navigation)

  • 13/04/2016 12:00:00 to 15/04/2016 12:00:00
  • Royal Holloway College, London

RIN16 Orientation & Navigation Birds, Humans & Other Animals will be the ninth International Conference on Animal Navigation.

If you are interested in this subject, or researching anything on animal navigation it is a must to attend or present a paper:

Here are all the details and the links you need:
http://www.rin.org.uk/Events/4004/RIN16-%28Animal-Navigation%29

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