TY  - JOUR
AU  - Cammaerts, M.C.
AU  - Lambert, A.
T1  - Maze negotiation by a myrmicine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
JF  - Myrmecological News
Y1  - 2009
DA  - 2009
PB  - The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics
SN  - Print: 1994-4136 - Online: 1997-3500
N1  - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_012:041
DO  - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_012:041
SP  - 41-49
KW  - Conditioning, Myrmica sabuleti, navigation, visual cues.
AB  - After spatial conditioning to two differently coloured cues, Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861 workers correctly negotiated a maze provided with the two coloured markers, both from the entrance to the exit and in the reverse direction. When the two markers were replaced by differently coloured ones, the ants failed to negotiate the maze. This suggests that, in nature, these ants can find their way using a few memorised landmarks rather than by learning entire trajectories. This supports a combined "snapshot" and "sketchmap" model.
JA  - Myrmecological News
M3  - Original Article
VL  - 12