Homing strategies of the Australian desert ant Melophorus bagoti II. Interaction of the path integrator with visual cue information

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1804-1812

  Narendra, Ajay ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ants; Context; Distant cues; Interaction; Melophorus bagoti; Path integrator; Route cues

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUSTRALIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

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

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; MELOPHORUS BAGOTI;

EID: 34250785704     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02769     Document Type: Article

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