Navigating desert ants (Cataglyphis fortis) learn to alter their search patterns on their homebound journey

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 285-290

  Cheng, Ken ^a   Wehner, Rüdiger ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ants; Learning; Navigation; Path integration; Search

Indexed keywords

ANT; LEARNING; NAVIGATION;

CATAGLYPHIS; CATAGLYPHIS FORTIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036954806     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2002.00298.x     Document Type: Article

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