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SUBMITTER: Ardin P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4439443 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ardin Paul P Mangan Michael M Wystrach Antoine A Webb Barbara B
Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology 20150421 6
Desert ants are a model system for animal navigation, using visual memory to follow long routes across both sparse and cluttered environments. Most accounts of this behaviour assume retinotopic image matching, e.g. recovering heading direction by finding a minimum in the image difference function as the viewpoint rotates. But most models neglect the potential image distortion that could result from unstable head motion. We report that for ants running across a short section of natural substrate, ...[more]