Do leaf-cutter ants Atta colombica obtain their magnetic sensors from soil?

How animals sense, process, and use magnetic information remains elusive. In insects, magnetic particles are candidates for a magnetic sensor. Recent studies suggest that the ant Pachycondyla marginata incorporates iron-containing particles from soil. We used leaf-cutter ants Atta colombica to test...

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2013

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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:10336/25915

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-013-1621-7
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/25915

Palabra clave:

Homing
Navigation
Orientation
Path integration
Proprioception

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