Hair plate mechanoreceptors associated with body segments are not necessary for three-dimensional path integration in desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 375-382

  Wittlinger, Matthias ^a   Wolf, Harald ^a   Wehner, Rüdiger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3 D path integrator; Cataglyphis; Desert ant; Graviception; Navigation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CYTOLOGY; HAIR; HISTOLOGY; MECHANORECEPTOR; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; GRAVITY PERCEPTION; HAIR; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MECHANORECEPTORS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CATAGLYPHIS; CATAGLYPHIS FORTIS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 33847410980     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02674     Document Type: Article

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