Which portion of the natural panorama is used for view-based navigation in the Australian desert ant?

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

Volumn 195, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 681-689

  Graham, Paul ^a   Cheng, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ants; Navigation; Snapshot; View based homing; Visual landmarks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; AUSTRALIA; CUES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67650290535     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-009-0443-6     Document Type: Article

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