Wind and sky as compass cues in desert ant navigation

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 589-594

  Müller, Martin ^a   Wehner, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cataglyphis fortis; Polarized skylight; Skylight compass; Wind compass

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEE; DESERT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; POLARIZATION; WIND;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; FORAGE; NONHUMAN; SUN; WIND;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CLIMATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMING BEHAVIOR; RAIN; SUNLIGHT; TUNISIA; WIND;

APOIDEA; CATAGLYPHIS FORTIS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 34249932933     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0232-4     Document Type: Article

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