Traveling in clutter: Navigation in the Central Australian desert ant Melophorus bagoti
Ken Cheng*, Ajay Narendra, Stefan Sommer, Rüdiger Wehner
Department of Brain Behaviour and Evolution
The Central Australian desert ant Melophorus bagoti is the most thermophilic ant on the continent. It comes out to forage during the hottest part of the day in the summer months. The ant shares a cluttered, plant-filled habitat with other arthropods and uses a range of navigational strategies. We review recent studies on this species concerning its use of habitual routes, distant landmarks, landmarks around the nest, and path integration, which is keeping track of the distance and direction traveled from one's starting point. Functional predictions concerning the acquisition, retention, and integration of memories of distances and of landmarks are also reviewed, illuminating the behavioral ecology of spatial cognition.
Behavioural Processes
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2008.10.015
10.1016/j.beproc.2008.10.015
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Melophorus bagoti Agriculture & Biology 100%
deserts Agriculture & Biology 51%
Formicidae Agriculture & Biology 47%
Arthropods Medicine & Life Sciences 23%
Ecology Medicine & Life Sciences 21%
cognition Agriculture & Biology 21%
Ecosystem Medicine & Life Sciences 20%
Retention (Psychology) Medicine & Life Sciences 19%
Cheng, K., Narendra, A., Sommer, S., & Wehner, R. (2009). Traveling in clutter: Navigation in the Central Australian desert ant Melophorus bagoti. Behavioural Processes, 80(3), 261-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2008.10.015
Cheng, Ken ; Narendra, Ajay ; Sommer, Stefan ; Wehner, Rüdiger. / Traveling in clutter : Navigation in the Central Australian desert ant Melophorus bagoti. In: Behavioural Processes. 2009 ; Vol. 80, No. 3. pp. 261-268.
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Cheng, K, Narendra, A, Sommer, S & Wehner, R 2009, 'Traveling in clutter: Navigation in the Central Australian desert ant Melophorus bagoti', Behavioural Processes, vol. 80, no. 3, pp. 261-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2008.10.015
Traveling in clutter : Navigation in the Central Australian desert ant Melophorus bagoti. / Cheng, Ken; Narendra, Ajay; Sommer, Stefan; Wehner, Rüdiger.
In: Behavioural Processes, Vol. 80, No. 3, 03.2009, p. 261-268.
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Cheng K, Narendra A, Sommer S, Wehner R. Traveling in clutter: Navigation in the Central Australian desert ant Melophorus bagoti. Behavioural Processes. 2009 Mar;80(3):261-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2008.10.015