Directional vibration sensing in the leafcutter ant Atta sexdens

Leafcutter ants communicate with the substrate-borne component of the vibratory emission produced by stridulation. Stridulatory signals in the genus Atta have been described in different behavioural contexts, such as foraging, alarm signalling and collective nest building. Stridulatory vibrations ar...

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Main Authors: Felix A. Hager, Lea Kirchner, Wolfgang H. Kirchner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2017-12-01
Series:Biology Open
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Online Access:http://bio.biologists.org/content/6/12/1949