Ants use a predictive mechanism to compensate for passive displacements by wind
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These capacities could enable ants to successfully reorientate having been blown away by a gust of wind, or construct complex routes or new motor sequences, as documented in bees, spiders and grasshoppers.
“This could enable ants to successfully reorientate having been blown away by a gust of wind [33], or construct complex routes or new motor sequences, such as has been documented in bees, spiders and grasshoppers [80].”
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- Authors
- Wystrach, A., & Schwarz, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Sussex (GB)
- McMaster University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Wystrach, A.
- Venue
- Current Biology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-12
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 24
- Pages
- R1083-R1085
- ISSN
- 0960-9822 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2089405290
- Cited by
- 43
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 1.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Current Biology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Spatial Cognition and Navigation
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Keywords
- ant navigation, wind, predictive mechanisms, compass directions, celestial compass, egocentric perception, path integration, foraging behavior, homing
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Ants, Homing Behavior, Wind
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