Orientation by magnetic field in leaf-cutter ants, Atta colombica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 835-846

  Banks, Alexander N ^a   Srygley, Robert B ^b  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; MAGNETIC FIELD; OLFACTORY CUE; ORIENTATION; VISUAL CUE;

ATTA; ATTA COLOMBICA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0242403065     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0179-1613.2003.00927.x     Document Type: Article

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