Local and global navigational coordinate systems in desert ants

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 901-905

  Collett, Matthew ^a   Collett, Thomas S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insect cognition; Inverse model; Navigation; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; DESERT CLIMATE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CUES; DESERT CLIMATE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TUNISIA;

CATAGLYPHIS FORTIS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 63849158835     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.024539     Document Type: Article

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