Just follow your nose: Homing by olfactory cues in ants

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-235

  Steck, Kathrin ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ETHOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HOME RANGE; HORMONAL REGULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 84860388394     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2011.10.011     Document Type: Review

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