Estimation of homing distance in desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis, remains unaffected by disturbance of walking behaviour

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2893-2901

  Steck, Kathrin ^a,b   Wittlinger, Matthias ^a,c   Wolf, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataglyphis; Desert ant; Disturbed walking; Odometry; Path integration

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GAIT; LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING;

AMPUTATION; ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOMECHANICS; EXTREMITIES; GAIT; HOMING BEHAVIOR; PROPRIOCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VIDEO RECORDING; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; CATAGLYPHIS; CATAGLYPHIS FORTIS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 69549088678     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.030403     Document Type: Article

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