R: B.10 Directions of desert ants

fisherB10 {circular} | R Documentation

## B.10 Directions of desert ants

### Description

Directions of 11 long-legged desert ants (Cataglyphis fortis) after one eye on each ant was 'trained' to learn the ant's home direction, then covered and the other eye uncovered.

### Usage

    data(fisherB10)
    data(fisherB10c)

### Format

`fisherB10` is a list (in degrees). `fisherB10c` contains the same observations in a circular objects.

### Source

Personal communication of Prof. Dr. R. Wehner to Prof. N.I. Fisher, experiment described in

R. Wehner and M. Muller (1985) Does interocular transfer occur in visual navigation by ants? Nature, 315, 228-9.

### See Also

N.I. Fisher (1993) Statistical analysis of circular data. Cambridge University Press. Pag. 244-245.

### Examples

    data(fisherB10c)
    res <- plot(fisherB10c$set1)
    points(fisherB10c$set2, col=2, plot.info=res)
    points(fisherB10c$set3, col=3, plot.info=res)

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