Vector-based and landmark-guided navigation in desert ants of the same species inhabiting landmark-free and landmark-rich environments
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2012
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Cheng, Ken
Middleton, Eliza
Wehner, Rudiger
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The Company of Biologists Ltd
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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
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Keywords: animal; animal behavior; ant; article; Australia; desert climate; ecosystem; movement (physiology); physiology; species difference; Animals; Ants; Australia; Desert Climate; Ecosystem; Homing Behavior; Movement; Species Specificity; Cataglyphis fortis; Fo Ant; Intraspecific comparison; Landmark guidance; Path integration; Vector-based navigation
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Journal of Experimental Biology
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