Are ants sensitive to the geometry of tunnel bifurcation?

Animal Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 637-642

  Gerbier, Grégory ^a   Garnier, Simon ^a   Rieu, Cécile ^a   Theraulaz, Guy ^a   Fourcassié, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Ants; Argentine ant; Linepithema humile; Orientation; Trail network

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; MAZE TEST; ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ENVIRONMENT; MAZE LEARNING; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 51549100037     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-008-0153-4     Document Type: Article

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