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Evolution of intelligence in small brains: how to navigate the messy natural outdoors smartly
Cheng, Ken
(Primary Chief Investigator)
Newton, Jennifer,
(Other)
MQRES, MQRES
(Other)
PhD Contribution (ARC), PhD Contribution (ARC)
(Other)
Wehner, Rüdiger
(Partner Investigator)
Department of Brain Behaviour and Evolution
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) - Office
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(6)
Project Details
Status
Finished
Effective start/end date
1/01/11
→
30/06/15
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Research output per year
2014
2019
5
Article
1
Review article
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Research output per year
Running paths to nowhere: repetition of routes shows how navigating ants modulate online the weights accorded to cues
Wystrach, A., Schwarz, S., Graham, P. &
Cheng, K.
,
Mar 2019
,
In :
Animal Cognition.
22
,
2
,
p. 213-222
10 p.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Open Access
File
Ants
Running
ant
Cues
Formicidae
8
Citations (Scopus)
2
Downloads (Pure)
Crucial role of ultraviolet light for desert ants in determining direction from the terrestrial panorama
Schultheiss, P., Wystrach, A., Schwarz, S., Tack, A., Delor, J., Nooten, S. S., Bibost, A. L., Freas, C. A. &
Cheng, K.
,
1 May 2016
,
In :
Animal Behaviour.
115
,
p. 19-28
10 p.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
ant
ultraviolet radiation
wavelengths
deserts
Formicidae
21
Citations (Scopus)
Similarities and differences in path integration and search in two species of desert ants inhabiting a visually rich and a visually barren habitat
Schultheiss, P., Stannard, T., Pereira, S., Reynolds, A. M., Wehner, R. &
Cheng, K.
,
1 Aug 2016
,
In :
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
70
,
8
,
p. 1319-1329
11 p.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
ant
deserts
Formicidae
desert
habitat
16
Citations (Scopus)