Visual navigation in desert ants Cataglyphis fortis: Are snapshots coupled to a celestial system of reference?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1971-1978

  Åkesson, Susanne ^a   Wehner, Rüdiger ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ant; Cataglyphis fortis; Celestial reference system; Insect; Landmark guidance; Learning; Navigation; Visual navigation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASTRONOMY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DESERT CLIMATE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VISION; ANIMALS;

CATAGLYPHIS FORTIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DESERT CLIMATE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

EID: 0036023231     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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