Landmark cues can change the motivational state of desert ant foragers

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-403

  Merkle, Tobias ^a   Wehner, Rüdiger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ant foraging; Cataglyphis; Landmark cues; Motivational state; Path integration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DESERT CLIMATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CUES; DESERT CLIMATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TUNISIA;

EID: 42049099000     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0315-5     Document Type: Article

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