Blinkered teaching: Tandem running by visually impaired ants

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 569-579

  Franklin, Elizabeth L ^a   Richardson, Thomas O ^a,b   Sendova Franks, Ana B ^b   Robinson, Elva J H ^a,c   Franks, Nigel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Navigation; Teaching; Temnothorax albipennis

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; EYE; NEST SITE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TEACHING; VISION; VISUAL CUE;

FORMICIDAE; LEPTOTHORAX ALBIPENNIS;

EID: 79952709514     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1057-2     Document Type: Article

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