Trail-laying behaviour as a function of resource quality in the ant Camponotus rufipes

Autores
Schilman, P.E.
Año de publicación
2011
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inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
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Chemical trails have been shown to act as an orientation cue in some ant species. Here, I report that the trail-laying behaviour in the nectar-feeding ant, Camponotus rufipes, varies with the concentration of the sucrose solutions collected. Single workers collected solutions of different sucrose concentrations (5, 20, and 40 in weight) during 4 consecutive visits to the resource, and their trail-marking behaviour was recorded on soot-coated slides during their first and last visits. Results suggest that these chemical trails provide both an orientation cue between the nest and the food source, as previously suggested for Camponotus ants, as well as information about food quality. © 2011 Pablo E. Schilman.
Fil:Schilman, P.E. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina.
Fuente
Psyche 2011
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Camponotus
Camponotus rufipes
Formicidae
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Trail-laying behaviour as a function of resource quality in the ant Camponotus rufipes
title Trail-laying behaviour as a function of resource quality in the ant Camponotus rufipes
spellingShingle Trail-laying behaviour as a function of resource quality in the ant Camponotus rufipes
Schilman, P.E.
Camponotus
Camponotus rufipes
Formicidae
title_short Trail-laying behaviour as a function of resource quality in the ant Camponotus rufipes
title_full Trail-laying behaviour as a function of resource quality in the ant Camponotus rufipes
title_fullStr Trail-laying behaviour as a function of resource quality in the ant Camponotus rufipes
title_full_unstemmed Trail-laying behaviour as a function of resource quality in the ant Camponotus rufipes
title_sort Trail-laying behaviour as a function of resource quality in the ant Camponotus rufipes
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Schilman, P.E.
author Schilman, P.E.
author_facet Schilman, P.E.
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Camponotus
Camponotus rufipes
Formicidae
topic Camponotus
Camponotus rufipes
Formicidae
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Chemical trails have been shown to act as an orientation cue in some ant species. Here, I report that the trail-laying behaviour in the nectar-feeding ant, Camponotus rufipes, varies with the concentration of the sucrose solutions collected. Single workers collected solutions of different sucrose concentrations (5, 20, and 40 in weight) during 4 consecutive visits to the resource, and their trail-marking behaviour was recorded on soot-coated slides during their first and last visits. Results suggest that these chemical trails provide both an orientation cue between the nest and the food source, as previously suggested for Camponotus ants, as well as information about food quality. © 2011 Pablo E. Schilman.
Fil:Schilman, P.E. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina.
description Chemical trails have been shown to act as an orientation cue in some ant species. Here, I report that the trail-laying behaviour in the nectar-feeding ant, Camponotus rufipes, varies with the concentration of the sucrose solutions collected. Single workers collected solutions of different sucrose concentrations (5, 20, and 40 in weight) during 4 consecutive visits to the resource, and their trail-marking behaviour was recorded on soot-coated slides during their first and last visits. Results suggest that these chemical trails provide both an orientation cue between the nest and the food source, as previously suggested for Camponotus ants, as well as information about food quality. © 2011 Pablo E. Schilman.
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