Desert ants: Is active locomotion a prerequisite for path integration?

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

Volumn 192, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1125-1131

  Seidl, Tobias ^a   Knaden, Markus ^a   Wehner, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cataglyphis fortis; Locomotion; Optic flow; Path integration; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; DESERT CLIMATE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 33749255197     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0148-z     Document Type: Article

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