Odometry and backtracking: social and individual navigation in group foraging desert harvester ants (Veromessor pergandei)

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Similarities and differences in path integration and search in two species of desert ants inhabiting a visually rich and a visually barren habitat

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Combining sky and earth: desert ants (Melophorus bagoti) show weighted integration of celestial and terrestrial cues

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Beginnings of a synthetic approach to desert ant navigation

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Chemical communication during foraging in the harvesting ants Messor pergandei and Messor andrei

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An empirically based simulation of group foraging in the harvesting ant, Messor pergandei

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Backtracking behaviour in lost ants: an additional strategy in their navigational toolkit

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Finding food: outbound searching behavior in the Australian desert ant Melophorus bagoti

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Traveling in clutter: Navigation in the Central Australian desert ant Melophorus bagoti

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Search strategies of ants in landmark-rich habitats

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Collective cognition in animal groups

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