Ants use the panoramic skyline as a visual cue during navigation

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Graham, Paul ^a   Cheng, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ASSOCIATION; LETTER; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CUES; HOMING BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70350460192     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.08.015     Document Type: Letter

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