Knaden, M; Wehner, R (2004). Path integration in desert ants controls aggressiveness. Science, 305(5680):60.
Cataglyphis ants of the Sahara Desert are extremely aggressive toward members of other colonies if they are close to their nest entrance, but not once they have embarked on their wide foraging journeys. We show that the ants reach the same level of aggressiveness when they are far from their actual nesting site but their path integrator--their main navigational toolkit--tells them that they are close, indicating a role for the animal's path integrator beyond navigation.
Cataglyphis ants of the Sahara Desert are extremely aggressive toward members of other colonies if they are close to their nest entrance, but not once they have embarked on their wide foraging journeys. We show that the ants reach the same level of aggressiveness when they are far from their actual nesting site but their path integrator--their main navigational toolkit--tells them that they are close, indicating a role for the animal's path integrator beyond navigation.
| Item Type: | Journal Article, refereed |
|---|---|
| Communities & Collections: | 07 Faculty of Science > Institute of Zoology (former) |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 570 Life sciences; biology
590 Animals (Zoology) |
| Scopus Subject Areas: | Health Sciences > Multidisciplinary |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | 2 July 2004 |
| Deposited On: | 11 Feb 2008 12:17 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2022 08:34 |
| Publisher: | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
| ISSN: | 0036-8075 |
| OA Status: | Closed |
| Publisher DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1097165 |
| PubMed ID: | 15232099 |
Knaden, M