Learning walks and landmark guidance in wood ants (Formica rufa)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1831-1838

  Nicholson, D J ^a   Judd, S P D ^a   Cartwright, B A ^a   Collett, T S ^a  

^a School of Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Formica rufa; Image matching; Landmark fixation; Learning; Navigation; Wood ant

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032793762     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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