... landmark situation around the nest ( Müller and Wehner, 2010 ). These walks contain marked pirouettes with well-defined nest-fixating stopping phases. Celestial compass Central place forager Panorama snapshot Spatial orientation Visual landmark Vector navigation Summary: Different...

... and descents in their itinerary. This information is necessary to convert the distances actually walked on the slopes into the ground distance, which is the crucial parameter for vector navigation. However, it is as yet unknown how Cataglyphis perceives the slopes of inclines. We asked whether the ants gauge...

... trajectory along the obstacle and, hence, must have determined their new vector course in an egocentric way. *Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 1 10 2001 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2001 2001 homing landmark guidance landmark obstacle detour vector...