Homing strategies of the Australian desert ant Melophorus bagoti I. Proportional path-integration takes the ant half-way home

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1798-1803

  Narendra, Ajay ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abbreviation; Desert ant; Melophorus bagoti; Orientation; Path integration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HOMING BEHAVIOR; NORTHERN TERRITORY; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; MELOPHORUS BAGOTI;

EID: 34250733529     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02768     Document Type: Article

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