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- Title
Where paths meet and cross: navigation by path integration in the desert ant and the honeybee.
- Authors
Srinivasan, Mandyam
- Abstract
Animals that travel large distances in search of food need to be equipped with navigation systems that are capable of keeping track of the distance and direction of travel throughout their outbound journey, so that they may return home expeditiously and without losing their way. The challenge of homing is especially acute when the environment is devoid of landmarks. Desert ants and honeybees are able to meet this challenge, despite their minuscule brains and restricted computational capacity. This article reviews some of the processes and mechanisms that underlie the homing abilities of these creatures, which are among the best-understood navigators in the animal kingdom.
- Subjects
HONEYBEES; INSECT navigation; CATAGLYPHIS; COMPUTATIONAL biology; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY perception
- Publication
Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural & Behavioral Physiology, 2015, Vol 201, Issue 6, p533
- ISSN
0340-7594
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00359-015-1000-0