Bearing selection in ball-rolling dung beetles: Is it constant?

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

Volumn 196, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 801-806

  Baird, Emily ^a   Byrne, Marcus J ^b   Scholtz, Clarke H ^c   Warrant, Eric J ^a   Dacke, Marie ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dung beetles; Foraging; Orientation; Scarabaeidae; Scarabaeinae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ASTRONOMY; BEETLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MAGNETISM; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MAGNETICS; MALE; STARS, CELESTIAL;

EID: 78049291760     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0559-8     Document Type: Article

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