Calibration processes in desert ant navigation: Vector courses and systematic search

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 188, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 683-693

  Mahon, Matthew J ^a   Donowitz, Mark ^b   Yun, C Chris ^b   Segre, Gino V ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Cataglyphis; Path integration; Search strategy; Vector navigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036826440     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0340-8     Document Type: Article

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