Maze negotiation by a myrmicine ant (hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Myrmecological News

Volumn 12, Issue , 2009, Pages 41-49

  Cammaerts, Marie Claire ^a   Lambert, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Myrmica sabuleti; navigation; visual cues.

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICA SABULETI;

EID: 62349099022     PISSN: 19944136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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