The visual centring response in desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 585-590

  Heusser, Daniel ^a   Wehner, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ant; Cataglyphis fortis; Centring response; Landmark vision; Navigation; Optic flow

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TUNISIA; VISION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; DESERT CLIMATE; LOCOMOTION; TUNISIA; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; CATAGLYPHIS; CATAGLYPHIS FORTIS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0036329682     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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