Do leafcutter ants, Atta colombica, orient their path-integrated home vector with a magnetic compass?

Leafcutter ants, Atta colombica, forage over 250 m in structurally complex, Neotropical rainforests that occlude sun or polarized light cues. Night foraging makes the use of celestial cues and landmarks all the more difficult. We investigated the directional cues used by leafcutter ants to orient ho...

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2008

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Universidad del Rosario

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Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario

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eng

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oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/26386

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.09.030
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/26386

Palabra clave:

Atta colombica
Dead-reckoning
Directional orientatio
Geocentric cueshoming
Hymenoptera
Leafcutter antpath integration
Spatial orientation

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