Resetting the path integrator: A basic condition for route-based navigation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1491-1508

  Etienne, Ariane S ^a   Maurer, Roland ^a   Boulens, Valérie ^a   Levy, Arik ^a   Rowe, Tiffany ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cumulative error; Golden hamster; Internal compass; Mesocricetus auratus; Path integration; Visual position fix

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DARKNESS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HAMSTER; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; CUES; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MESOCRICETUS; ORIENTATION; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MESOCRICETUS; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 2342545566     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00906     Document Type: Article

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