Backtracking behaviour in lost ants: an additional strategy in their navigational toolkit

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2013-10-22

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Geography

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  DOI 10.1098/rspb.2013.1677PMID 23966644PMCID PMC3768313
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