Collective response of leaf-cutting ants to the effects of wind on foraging activity

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Alma, Andrea Marina; Farji Brener, Alejandro Gustavo; Elizalde, Luciana
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2016
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One advantage of sociality is to mitigate environmental restrictions through collective behavior. Here we document a colony-level response of leaf-cutting ants to wind, an environmental factor that impedes foraging. Given that larger ants adhere more strongly to the substrate, increasing forager size in windy conditions should reduce the negative effect of wind. We tested this idea for Acromyrmex lobicornis in windy regions of Patagonia. We examined (1) whether the fraction of larger ants versus smaller ants increased in windy conditions and (2) whether the effect of wind on the ants’ movement was lower for larger ants. The size-frequency distribution of foragers was skewed more toward larger ants in nature under more windy conditions. Under windy conditions in the field, the mobility of smaller ants was more reduced than that of larger ants. The change toward larger foragers in windy conditions reduced the negative effect of wind by 32%, illustrating how a social organism can collectively mitigate the adverse effects of the environment.
Fil: Alma, Andrea Marina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche. Laboratorio de Ecotono; Argentina
Fil: Farji Brener, Alejandro Gustavo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche. Laboratorio de Ecotono; Argentina
Fil: Elizalde, Luciana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche. Laboratorio de Ecotono; Argentina
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Acromyrmex Lobicornis
Collective Solutions
Environmental Restrictions
Patagonia
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Collective response of leaf-cutting ants to the effects of wind on foraging activity
title Collective response of leaf-cutting ants to the effects of wind on foraging activity
spellingShingle Collective response of leaf-cutting ants to the effects of wind on foraging activity
Alma, Andrea Marina
Acromyrmex Lobicornis
Collective Solutions
Environmental Restrictions
Patagonia
title_short Collective response of leaf-cutting ants to the effects of wind on foraging activity
title_full Collective response of leaf-cutting ants to the effects of wind on foraging activity
title_fullStr Collective response of leaf-cutting ants to the effects of wind on foraging activity
title_full_unstemmed Collective response of leaf-cutting ants to the effects of wind on foraging activity
title_sort Collective response of leaf-cutting ants to the effects of wind on foraging activity
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alma, Andrea Marina
Farji Brener, Alejandro Gustavo
Elizalde, Luciana
author Alma, Andrea Marina
author_facet Alma, Andrea Marina
Farji Brener, Alejandro Gustavo
Elizalde, Luciana
author_role author
author2 Farji Brener, Alejandro Gustavo
Elizalde, Luciana
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Acromyrmex Lobicornis
Collective Solutions
Environmental Restrictions
Patagonia
topic Acromyrmex Lobicornis
Collective Solutions
Environmental Restrictions
Patagonia
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv One advantage of sociality is to mitigate environmental restrictions through collective behavior. Here we document a colony-level response of leaf-cutting ants to wind, an environmental factor that impedes foraging. Given that larger ants adhere more strongly to the substrate, increasing forager size in windy conditions should reduce the negative effect of wind. We tested this idea for Acromyrmex lobicornis in windy regions of Patagonia. We examined (1) whether the fraction of larger ants versus smaller ants increased in windy conditions and (2) whether the effect of wind on the ants’ movement was lower for larger ants. The size-frequency distribution of foragers was skewed more toward larger ants in nature under more windy conditions. Under windy conditions in the field, the mobility of smaller ants was more reduced than that of larger ants. The change toward larger foragers in windy conditions reduced the negative effect of wind by 32%, illustrating how a social organism can collectively mitigate the adverse effects of the environment.
Fil: Alma, Andrea Marina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche. Laboratorio de Ecotono; Argentina
Fil: Farji Brener, Alejandro Gustavo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche. Laboratorio de Ecotono; Argentina
Fil: Elizalde, Luciana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche. Laboratorio de Ecotono; Argentina
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