How might ants use panoramic views for route navigation?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 445-451

  Philippides, Andrew ^a   Baddeley, Bart ^a   Cheng, Ken ^b   Graham, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Image difference function; Insect navigation; Route navigation; Skyline; Snapshots; View based homing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DESERT CLIMATE; LOCOMOTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRAVEL; VISION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CUES; DESERT CLIMATE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL; VISION, OCULAR;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79251528891     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.046755     Document Type: Article

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