Vector-based and landmark-guided navigation in desert ants of the same species inhabiting landmark-free and landmark-rich environments
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Vector-based and landmark-guided navigation in desert ants of the same species inhabiting landmark-free and landmark-rich environments.
The central Australian desert ant Melophorus bagoti lives in a visually cluttered semi-arid habitat dotted with grass tussocks, bushes and trees. Previously, it was shown that this species has a higher propensity to switch from vector-based navigation to landmark-guided navigation compared with the North African desert ant Cataglyphis fortis, which usually inhabits a visually bare habitat. Here...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.070417