The light and magnetic compass of the weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 743-758

  Jander, Rudolf ^a   Jander, Ursula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; OECOPHYLLA SMARAGDINA; OECOPHYLLINI;

EID: 0031697210     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00108.x     Document Type: Article

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