Search strategies of ants in landmark-rich habitats

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

Volumn 194, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 929-938

  Narendra, Ajay ^a,c   Cheng, Ken ^a   Sulikowski, Danielle ^a   Wehner, Rüdiger ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ants; Composite Brownian walk; L vy walk; Navigation; Search

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 54849428107     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0365-8     Document Type: Article

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