Local vectors in desert ants: Context-dependent landmark learning during outbound and homebound runs

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

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 181-187

  Bisch Knaden, S ^a   Wehner, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cataglyphis; Landmarks; Local vectors; Spatial learning; Visual navigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037368677     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-003-0389-z     Document Type: Article

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