Three-dimensional orientation in desert ants: Context-independent memorisation and recall of sloped path segments

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

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 517-522

  Grah, Gunnar ^a   Ronacher, Bernhard ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D orientation; Ants; Arthropods; Cataglyphis; Path integration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION;

EID: 43749108143     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0324-4     Document Type: Article

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