VISUAL SPATIAL MEMORY IN DESERT ANTS, CATAGLYPHIS-BICOLOR (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE)

被引：222

作者：

WEHNER, R

RABER, F

机构：

[1] Department of Zoology, University of Zurich, Zurich, CH-8057

来源：

EXPERIENTIA | 1979年 / 35卷 / 12期

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D O I：

10.1007/BF01953197

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

For navigation, desert ants apply piloting and dead-reckoning strategies based on terrestrial and celestial visual cues, respectively. Visual spatial memories, rather than general concepts derived from landmark constellations, are most probably used to define points on earth by nearby landmarks. The visual field of a specialized dorsal part of the ant's retina is mapped on to the celestial sphere to consider the possibility that similar mechanisms are used to define directions on earth by exploiting skylight patterns present at infinity. © 1979 Birkhäuser Verlag.

引用

页码：1569 / 1571

页数：3

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