Visual Cues for the Retrieval of Landmark Memories by Navigating Wood Ants

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-102

  Harris, Robert A ^a   Graham, Paul ^a   Collett, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; LOCOMOTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL;

ANIMALS; ANTS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CUES; LOCOMOTION; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 33846190097     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.10.068     Document Type: Article

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