Ground-nesting insects could use visual tracking for monitoring nest position during learning flights
Samet, Nermin; Zeil, Jochen; Mair, Elmar; Boeddeker, Norbert; Sturzl, Wolfgang
Description
Ants, bees and wasps are central place foragers. They leave their nests to forage and routinely return to their home-base. Most are guided by memories of the visual panorama and the visual appearance of the local nest environment when pinpointing their nest. These memories are acquired during highly structured learning walks or flights that are performed when leaving the nest for the first time or whenever the insects had difficulties finding the nest during their previous return....[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2014 |
Type: | Conference paper |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/75310 |
Source: | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-08864-8_11 |
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