HOW DO RED WOOD ANTS ORIENT WHEN FORAGING IN A 3 DIMENSIONAL SYSTEM .1. LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS
HOW DO RED WOOD ANTS ORIENT WHEN FORAGING IN A 3 DIMENSIONAL SYSTEM .1. LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS
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DOI：
10.1007/bf02224141
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发表时间：
1988-01-01
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影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
BEUGNON, G
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作者：
FOURCASSIE, V;BEUGNON, G
为了了解黑胸蚁觅食者在植被中的定向，我们在受控的实验室条件下使用了一个简单的三维觅食系统。该系统的目的是调查化学视觉（定向光）和动觉线索的垂直轴和水平面上的各自的作用。结果表明，在垂直轴上，蚂蚁能够同时利用各种类型的方向信息，如化学线索和方向光，与后者的情况下，冲突的信息的偏好。在水平面上，发现方向基本上基于外部参照。其中后者，化学线索已被证明是高度牵连，似乎有一个更大的可靠性比任何其他定向信息。然而，当气味痕迹被移除时，蚂蚁仍然能够通过使用光线的方向重新定位食物源。此外，尽管我们的方法的预防措施，身份不明的视觉地标意外地发现干预作为辅助线索在水平面上的方向。
In order to understand how Formica lugubris foragers orient in the vegetation, we used a simple three dimensional foraging system set-up in controlled laboratory conditions. The system was designed to investigate the respective role of chemical visual (directional light) and kinaesthetic cues both on the vertical axis and the horizontal plane. The results indicate that on the vertical axis, ants are able to utilize simultaneously various types of directional information e.g. chemical cues and directional light, with a preference for the latter in case of conflicting information. On the horizontal plane, the orientation was found to be essentially based on external references. Amongst the latter, chemical cues have been shown to be highly implicated and seem to have a greater reliability than any other orientating information available. However, when the scent trail is removed, ants are still able to relocate the food source by using the direction of the light rays. In addition, in spite of our methodological precautions, unidentified visual landmarks were unexpectedly found to intervene as auxiliary cues in the orientation on the horizontal plane.