Desert ants compensate for navigation uncertainty

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 4223-4230

  Wolf, Harald ^a   Wehner, Rüdiger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cataglyphis fortis; Error compensation; Insect; Navigation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; ODOR; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TUNISIA; WIND;

ANIMALS; ANTS; DESERT CLIMATE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; ORIENTATION; SMELL; TUNISIA; WIND;

CATAGLYPHIS FORTIS; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 29044442441     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01905     Document Type: Article

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