Switching destinations: Memory change in wood ants

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2401-2408

  Durier, Virginie ^a,b   Graham, Paul ^a   Collett, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Formica rufa; Relearning; Route; Snapshot memory; Wood ant

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; EIDETIC IMAGERY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MEMORY; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; FORMICA; FORMICA RUFA; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 3543007199     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01043     Document Type: Article

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