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Title: Traveling in clutter : navigation in the Central Australian desert ant Melophorus bagoti
Related: Behavioural processes, Vol. 80, No. 3 (2009), p.261-268
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.10.015
Publisher: Elsevier
Date: 2008
FoR/RFCD Code(s): 080100 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing 170100 Psychology 170200 Cognitive Sciences
Author/Creator: Cheng, Ken
Author/Creator: Narendra, Ajay
Author/Creator: Sommer, Stefan
Author/Creator: Wehner, Rüediger
Description: Available online 13 November 2008. The Central Australian desert ant Melophorus bagoti is the most thermophilic ant on the continent. It comes out to forage during the hottest part of the day in the summer months. The ant shares a cluttered, plant-filled habitat with other arthropods and uses a range of navigational strategies. We review recent studies on this species concerning its use of habitual routes, distant landmarks, landmarks around the nest, and path integration, which is keeping track of the distance and direction traveled from one's starting point. Functional predictions concerning the acquisition, retention, and integration of memories of distances and of landmarks are also reviewed, illuminating the behavioral ecology of spatial cognition.
Description: 8 page(s)
Subject Keyword: 080100 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
Subject Keyword: 170100 Psychology
Subject Keyword: 170200 Cognitive Sciences
Subject Keyword: desert ant
Subject Keyword: view-based navigation
Subject Keyword: route
Subject Keyword: landmark
Subject Keyword: path integration
Subject Keyword: behavioral ecology
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Brain, Behaviour and Evolution

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/113739
Identifier: ISSN:0376-6357
Identifier: mq-rm-2009005662
Language: eng
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