Path integration controls nest-plume following in desert ants

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 645-649

  Buehlmann, Cornelia ^a   Hansson, Bill S ^a   Knaden, Markus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODOR; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODORS; ORIENTATION; SMELL; TUNISIA;

ANIMALIA; CATAGLYPHIS FORTIS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84859599884     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.02.029     Document Type: Article

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