Thermal radiation as a learned orientation cue in leaf-cutting ants (Atta vollenweideri)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 478-487

  Kleineidam, C J ^a   Ruchty, M ^a   Casero Montes, Z A ^b   Roces, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Insects; IR radiation; Learning; Orientation

Indexed keywords

ANT; CONDITIONING; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INFRARED RADIATION; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEAT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INFRARED RADIATION; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANTS; CONVECTION; CUES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEAT; INFRARED RAYS; ORIENTATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ATTA; ATTA VOLLENWEIDERI; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 34247569461     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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