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J Exp Biol (2012) 215 (18): 3218–3222.
Published: 15 September 2012
... of returning has to be weighed against the chance of finding food elsewhere and the resources available. Desert ants Cataglyphis fortis are well-studied examples when it comes to navigating back and forth between their nest and a foraging area, due to their primary reliance on path integration in the open...
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J Exp Biol (2012) 215 (4): 653–656.
Published: 15 February 2012
...? Desert ants are particularly well suited for pursuing this question because of their primary reliance on path integration in open and featureless desert habitats. Path integration has been studied particularly with regard to homing after lengthy foraging trips. The ants also use path integration...
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J Exp Biol (2001) 204 (24): 4177–4184.
Published: 15 December 2001
.... In either case, the ants define their courses within allocentric systems of reference. Here, we show that desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis , forced to run along a devious path can use egocentric information as well. The ants were trained to deviate from their straight homebound course by a wide inconspicuous...
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J Exp Biol (2001) 204 (9): 1635–1639.
Published: 1 May 2001
...T. S. Collett; M. Collett; R. Wehner ABSTRACT Desert ants ( Cataglyphis fortis ) were trained to follow a fixed route around a barrier to a feeder. Their homeward trajectories were recorded on a test field containing a similar barrier, oriented either as in training or rotated through 22 or 45...