Desert ants learn vibration and magnetic landmarks.

The desert ants Cataglyphis navigate not only by path integration but also by using visual and olfactory landmarks to pinpoint the nest entrance. Here we show that Cataglyphis noda can additionally use magnetic and vibrational landmarks as nest-defining cues. The magnetic field may typically provide...

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Autores principales:	Cornelia Buehlmann, Bill S Hansson, Markus Knaden
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:813f2f7c27c44cb6b5f43a5cf8e263c62021-11-18T07:25:47ZDesert ants learn vibration and magnetic landmarks.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0033117https://doaj.org/article/813f2f7c27c44cb6b5f43a5cf8e263c62012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22412989/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203The desert ants Cataglyphis navigate not only by path integration but also by using visual and olfactory landmarks to pinpoint the nest entrance. Here we show that Cataglyphis noda can additionally use magnetic and vibrational landmarks as nest-defining cues. The magnetic field may typically provide directional rather than positional information, and vibrational signals so far have been shown to be involved in social behavior. Thus it remains questionable if magnetic and vibration landmarks are usually provided by the ants' habitat as nest-defining cues. However, our results point to the flexibility of the ants' navigational system, which even makes use of cues that are probably most often sensed in a different context.Cornelia BuehlmannBill S HanssonMarkus KnadenPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 3, p e33117 (2012)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Cornelia Buehlmann Bill S Hansson Markus Knaden Desert ants learn vibration and magnetic landmarks.
description	The desert ants Cataglyphis navigate not only by path integration but also by using visual and olfactory landmarks to pinpoint the nest entrance. Here we show that Cataglyphis noda can additionally use magnetic and vibrational landmarks as nest-defining cues. The magnetic field may typically provide directional rather than positional information, and vibrational signals so far have been shown to be involved in social behavior. Thus it remains questionable if magnetic and vibration landmarks are usually provided by the ants' habitat as nest-defining cues. However, our results point to the flexibility of the ants' navigational system, which even makes use of cues that are probably most often sensed in a different context.
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title	Desert ants learn vibration and magnetic landmarks.
title_short	Desert ants learn vibration and magnetic landmarks.
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title_full_unstemmed	Desert ants learn vibration and magnetic landmarks.
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Desert ants learn vibration and magnetic landmarks.

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