Time-courses of memory decay in vector-based and landmark-based systems of navigation in desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-20

  Ziegler, P E ^a   Wehner, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ants; Dead reckoning; Memory; Navigation; Piloting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030791241     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050088     Document Type: Article

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