Ajay Narendra
Department of Biological Sciences
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University
Research Interest
I am interested in how insects navigate in their natural habitats, the sensory structures they have evolved and the central processing units that allow them to memorise, integrate and recall information. My research has largely focused on ants to take advantage of the inter- and intra-specific variation in size, in locomotion, in tasks and also the different ecological and temporal niches they occupy. Details of ongoing and potential projects are here. I have a keen interest in photography and love to experiment with macro-photography when time permits. Some of my pictures are here.
Publications
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Reid SF, Narendra A, Hemmi JM, Zeil J. Polarised skylight and the landmark panorama provide night-active bull ants with compass information during route following. Journal of Experimental Biology. 2011 Feb 1;214(3):363-70.
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Narendra A. Homing strategies of the Australian desert ant Melophorus bagoti II. Interaction of the path integrator with visual cue information. Journal of Experimental Biology. 2007 May 15;210(10):1804-12.
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Cheng K, Narendra A, Sommer S, Wehner R. Traveling in clutter: navigation in the Central Australian desert ant Melophorus bagoti. Behavioural processes. 2009 Mar 31;80(3):261-8.
