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Desert ants do not acquire and use a three-dimensional global vector

BACKGROUND: Desert ants (Cataglyphis fortis) are central place foragers that navigate by means of path integration. This mechanism remains accurate even on three-dimensional itineraries. In this study, we tested three hypotheses concerning the underlying principles of Cataglyphis' orientation i...

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Autores principales: Grah, Gunnar, Wehner, Rüdiger, Ronacher, Bernhard
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1868725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17475021
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-4-12

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