The behavioural relevance of landmark texture for honeybee homing

The behavioural relevance of landmark texture for honeybee homing

Honeybees visually pinpoint the location of a food source using landmarks. Studies on the role of visual memories have suggested that bees approach the goal by finding a close match between their current view and a memorized view of the goal location. The most relevant landmark features for this mat...

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Main Authors: Laura eDittmar, Martin eEgelhaaf, Wolfgang eStürzl, Norbert eBoeddeker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
landmark navigation
Vision
Honeybee
Homing
pattern discrimination
snapshot matching
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00020/full

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