Do familiar landmarks reset the global path integration system of desert ants?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 877-882

  Collett, M ^a   Collett, T S ^b   Chameron, S ^c   Wehner, R ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cataglyphis fortis; Desert ant; Familiar landmark; Global path integration system; Memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; DESERT CLIMATE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CUES; DESERT CLIMATE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TUNISIA;

ANIMALIA; CATAGLYPHIS; CATAGLYPHIS FORTIS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0037342710     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00176     Document Type: Article

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