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DOI	10.1016/j.beproc.2018.12.001
	Experimental ethology of learning in desert ants: Becoming expert navigators
	Freas, Cody A.1; Fleischmann, Pauline N.2; Cheng, Ken 3
通讯作者	Freas, Cody A.
来源期刊	BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES
ISSN	0376-6357
EISSN	1872-8308
出版年	2019
卷号	158 页码:181-191
英文摘要	Foraging desert ants are repeatedly presented with the challenge of leaving the nest, searching the scorching desert landscape to find food, and then transporting it back home. To accomplish this task, foragers have a navigational toolbox, which relies on olfactory, idiothetic, visual and magnetic cues. Desert ants have been widely studied with regards to these abilities, including a heavy focus on learned visual cues, the most prominent being the terrestrial panorama. Nest cues are first acquired during pre-foraging learning walks. Once foragers leave the nest area, they also learn a number of cues to aid them when returning both back to the nest and to known food sites, using experience of previous trips to navigate on future trips. In this review, we describe the learning processes involved in accurate navigation in desert ants. We first focus on recent research on nest-site panorama learning during pre-foraging learning walks as well as panorama learning away from the nest during foraging. We also review learning cues beyond the terrestrial panorama, including tactile, magnetic, olfactory and vibrational cues. These studies provide a basis for future work to further explore how these navigators, despite their small brains, acquire, retain and use many cue sets present in their environments. We call for more experimental ethology focussed on learning processes, both by exploring run-by-run and step-by-step acquisition of information for navigation, as well as for other natural tasks in an animal's life.
英文关键词	Landmark Learning walks Magnetic compass Path integration Sky compass
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Canada ; Germany ; Australia
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000456221100025
WOS关键词	CATAGLYPHIS-BICOLOR HYMENOPTERA ; PATH-INTEGRATION ; SEARCH BEHAVIOR ; MELOPHORUS-BAGOTI ; SPATIAL MEMORY ; COMPOUND EYE ; VISUAL CUES ; LANDMARK ; FOOD ; INFORMATION
WOS类目	Psychology, Biological ; Behavioral Sciences ; Zoology
WOS研究方向	Psychology ; Behavioral Sciences ; Zoology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/214586
作者单位	1.Univ Alberta, Dept Psychol, Edmonton, AB, Canada; 2.Univ Wurzburg, Behav Physiol & Sociobiol Zool 2, Biozentrum, D-97074 Wurzburg, Germany; 3.Macquarie Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Sydney, NSW, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Freas, Cody A.,Fleischmann, Pauline N.,Cheng, Ken. Experimental ethology of learning in desert ants: Becoming expert navigators[J],2019,158:181-191.
APA	Freas, Cody A.,Fleischmann, Pauline N.,&Cheng, Ken.(2019).Experimental ethology of learning in desert ants: Becoming expert navigators.BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES,158,181-191.
MLA	Freas, Cody A.,et al."Experimental ethology of learning in desert ants: Becoming expert navigators".BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES 158(2019):181-191.