An experimental analysis on the magnetic field sensitivity of the black-meadow ant Formica pratensis retzius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 215-224

  Camlitepe, Y ^a   Aksoy, V ^a   Uren, N ^a   Yilmaz, A ^a   Becenen, I ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ants; Formica pratensis; Magnetic sense; Magnetoreception; Orientation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PHOTOPERIOD;

FORMICA PRATENSIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 24144452882     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.56.2005.3-4.5     Document Type: Article

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