Ant navigation en route to the goal: Signature routes facilitate way-finding of Gigantiops destructor

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-234

  Macquart, D ^a   Garnier, L ^a   Combe, M ^a   Beugnon, G ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ants; Gigantiops; Landmark navigation; Route learning; Visuomotor strategy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TROPIC CLIMATE; VISION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VISION;

EID: 32944467881     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-005-0064-7     Document Type: Article

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