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Polarized light use in the nocturnal bull ant, Myrmecia midas

Solitary foraging ants have a navigational toolkit, which includes the use of both terrestrial and celestial visual cues, allowing individuals to successfully pilot between food sources and their nest. One such celestial cue is the polarization pattern in the overhead sky. Here, we explore the use o...

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Autores principales: Freas, Cody A., Narendra, Ajay, Lemesle, Corentin, Cheng, Ken
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5579118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28879002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170598