Aggressive conflict as a transient and distributed landmark in homing desert ants
Antonio Bollig, Marília Freire, Konrad Bücking, Jana Kühnapfel, Markus Knaden
This study shows that Tunisian desert ants use intraspecific conflict as a distributed landmark to improve navigation accuracy and adjust homing strategies.
Journal of Experimental Biology · Sep 1, 2026Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition