Directed retreat and navigational mechanisms in trail following Formica obscuripes

CA Freas, ML Spetch - Learning & Behavior, 2024 - Springer
Ant species exhibit behavioural commonalities when solving navigational challenges for
successful orientation and to reach goal locations. These behaviours rely on a shared …

Route retracing: way pointing and multiple vector memories in trail-following ants

CA Freas, ML Spetch - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Maintaining positional estimates of goal locations is a fundamental task for navigating
animals. Diverse animal groups, including both vertebrates and invertebrates, can …

Not just going with the flow: foraging ants attend to polarised light even while on the pheromone trail

CA Freas, NJR Plowes, ML Spetch - Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 2019 - Springer
The polarisation pattern of skylight serves as an orientation cue for many invertebrates.
Solitary foraging ants, in particular, rely on polarised light to orient along with a number of …

Role of the pheromone for navigation in the group foraging ant, Veromessor pergandei

CA Freas, ML Spetch - Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 2021 - Springer
Navigation is comprised of a variety of strategies which rely on multiple external cues to
shape a navigator's behavioral output. Here, we explored in the ant Veromessor pergandei …

Same but different: socially foraging ants backtrack like individually foraging ants but use different mechanisms

CA Freas, JV Congdon, NJR Plowes… - Journal of insect …, 2019 - Elsevier
Diverse species may adopt behaviourally identical solutions to similar environmental
challenges. However, the underlying mechanisms dictating these responses may be quite …

Pheromone cue triggers switch between vectors in the desert harvest ant, Veromessor pergandei

CA Freas, JV Congdon, NJR Plowes, ML Spetch - Animal Cognition, 2020 - Springer
The desert harvester ant (Veromessor pergandei) employs a mixture of social and individual
navigational strategies at separate stages of their foraging trip. Individuals leave the nest …

A comparative study of navigation behaviours in ants

X Shen, A Wystrach, U Gelin, T Charles-Dominique… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Ants inhabit a vast range of ecosystems and exhibit wide morphology. They are expert
navigators employing a handful of well-understood navigational strategies. However, the …

Traveling through light clutter: Path integration and panorama guided navigation in the Sonoran Desert ant, Novomessor cockerelli

CA Freas, NJR Plowes, ML Spetch - Behavioural Processes, 2021 - Elsevier
Foraging ants use multiple navigational strategies, including path integration and visual
panorama cues, which are used simultaneously and weighted based upon context, the …

Route Retracing: Way-pointing in Trail Following Ants

CA Freas, ML Spetch - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Maintaining positional estimates of goal locations is a fundamental task for navigating
animals. Diverse animal groups, including both vertebrates and invertebrates, can …

Comparative spatial memory and cue use: The contributions of Marcia L. Spetch to the study of small-scale spatial cognition

ELG Legge - Behavioural processes, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Dr. Marcia Spetch is a Canadian experimental psychologist who specializes in the
study of comparative cognition. Her research over the past four decades has covered many …