Re-visiting of plentiful food sources and food search strategies in desert ants

North African desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis, are established model organisms in animal navigation research. Cataglyphis re-visit plentiful feeding sites, but their decision to return to a feeder and the organisation of food searches has been little studied. Here we provide a review of recent advan...

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Main Authors: Harald eWolf, Matthias eWittlinger, Siegfried eBolek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2012.00102/full