Navigation in wood ants Formica japonica: Context dependent use of landmarks

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 3431-3439

  Fukushi, Tsukasa ^a   Wehner, Rüdiger ^b  

^a MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ant; Formica japonica; Landmark guidance; Navigation; Path integration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; ORIENTATION;

ANIMALIA; FORMICA; FORMICA JAPONICA; FORMICIDAE; JAPONICA;

EID: 5344268221     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01159     Document Type: Article

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