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Walking on inclines: how do desert ants monitor slope and step length

Tobias Seidl1,2 email and Rüdiger Wehner1 email

University of Zurich, Institute of Zoology and Center of Neuroscience, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland

European Space Agency, Advanced Concepts Team, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands

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Frontiers in Zoology 2008, 5:8doi:10.1186/1742-9994-5-8

Published: 2 June 2008

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