Nest mark orientation in desert ants Cataglyphis: What does it do to the path integrator?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1349-1354

  Knaden, Markus ^a   Wehner, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; NEST; ORIENTATION; VISUAL CUE;

CATAGLYPHIS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 28444464119     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.03.030     Document Type: Article

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