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The visual centring response in desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis.

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2002
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Heusser, D., & Wehner, R. (2002). The visual centring response in desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis. Journal of Experimental Biology, 205(5), 585–590.

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When negotiating their way through cluttered environments, desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis, tend to run along the midlines of the alleys formed by adjacent low shrubs. This 'centring response' was investigated by inducing foraging ants to walk through artificial channels. The sidewalls of the channel were either homogeneously black or provided with stationary or moving black-and-white gratings. The speed of motion and the spatial period of the gratings and the height of the walls could be varied independently on the left-hand and righ

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  • Heusser, D
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  • Wehner, R
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205

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5

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585

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590

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English

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2002-03-01

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0022-0949

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Heusser, D., & Wehner, R. (2002). The visual centring response in desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis. Journal of Experimental Biology, 205(5), 585–590.

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