Biotremology: We Fight for Food

Hill, Peggy S. M.

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.061

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“…As with some species of insects (Castellanos & Barbosa, 2006;Cocroft, 2001;Evans et al, 2009;Hager & Krausa, 2019;Hill, 2019;Oberst et al, 2017), A. officinalis might be able to distinguish-quantitatively and qualitativelysubstrate-borne vibrations produced by its conspecifics inside an aggregate compared with nonspecific waves from the environment (Cividini & Montesanto, 2018c). Nonspecific substrate-borne waves might thus play a double role-namely, acting as an alarm and interfering with a hypothetical capability to use species-specific substrateborne waves, as a possible "call" to aggregation (Cividini & Montesanto, 2018c).…”

Section: Defense Mechanisms and Eavesdropping In A Officinalismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It has been estimated that a few hundred thousand invertebrate species (insects, arachnids, crustaceans, worms) use surface-borne vibrations as a primary form of communication (Cocroft & Rodríguez, 2005 ; Hill, 2008 , 2009 , 2012 ; Virant-Doberlet & Čokl, 2004 ). Indeed, communication by surface-borne waves may also assist in courtship and mating, competition, localization of conspecifics, parental care, foraging, and danger perception (Caldwell, Johnston, McDaniel, & Warkentin, 2010 ; Castellanos & Barbosa, 2006 ; Cocroft, 1996 , 1998 , 1999 , 2001 ; Elias, Mason, & Hoy, 2004 ; Evans et al, 2009 ; Gogala, Čokl, Drašlar, & Blaževic, 1974 ; Hebets, Elias, Mason, Miller, & Stratton, 2008 ; Hill, 2001 , 2008 , 2009 , 2019 ; Hill et al, 2019 ; Hill & Wessel, 2016 ).…”

Section: Biotremology: a Vibratory Exchange Of Informationmentioning

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Section: Behavioral Processes and Vibrational Communication In Arthromentioning

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“…A surprising form of mutualism mediated by substrate-borne vibrations was detected between some species of ants ( Crematogaster mimosa and Crematogaster sjostedti ) and the acacia tree ( Acacia zanzibarica ) where these insects live (Hager & Krausa, 2019 ; Hill, 2019 ). Ants feed on nonflower nectar sources of the acacia tree and live in its swollen nodules at the base of thorns (Hager & Krausa, 2019 ; Hill, 2019 ). In this form of mutualism, where both species have a reciprocal benefit, ants are recruited to defend the tree against herbivores through substrate-borne vibrations produced by the same predator and carried through the tree’s body (Hager & Krausa, 2019 ; Hill, 2019 ).…”

Section: Behavioral Processes and Vibrational Communication In Arthromentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ants feed on nonflower nectar sources of the acacia tree and live in its swollen nodules at the base of thorns (Hager & Krausa, 2019 ; Hill, 2019 ). In this form of mutualism, where both species have a reciprocal benefit, ants are recruited to defend the tree against herbivores through substrate-borne vibrations produced by the same predator and carried through the tree’s body (Hager & Krausa, 2019 ; Hill, 2019 ). Ants can distinguish the different types of substrate-borne vibrations through the host acacia tree, preparing to attack only in response to vibrations produced by herbivores (e.g., a goat), but not to waves generated by wind (Hager & Krausa, 2019 ; Hill, 2019 ).…”

Section: Behavioral Processes and Vibrational Communication In Arthromentioning

confidence: 99%

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Biotremology in arthropods

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Effective communication is essential in animal life to allow fundamental behavioral processes and survival. Communicating by surface-borne vibrations is likely the most ancient mode of getting and exchanging information in both invertebrates and vertebrates. In this review, we concentrate on the use of vibrational communication in arthropods as a form of intraspecific and interspecific signaling, with a focus on the newest discoveries from our research group in terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea), a taxon never investigated before in this context. After getting little attention in the past, biotremology is now an emerging field of study in animal communication, and it is receiving increased interest from the scientific community dealing with these behavioral processes. In what follows, we illustrate the general principles and mechanisms on which biotremology is based, using definitions, examples, and insights from the literature in arthropods. Vibrational communication in arthropods has mainly been studied in insects and arachnids. For these taxa, much evidence of its use as a source of information from the surrounding environment exists, as well as its involvement in many behavioral roles, such as courtship and mating, conspecific recognition, competition, foraging, parental care, and danger perception. Recently, and for the first time, communication through surface-borne waves has been studied in terrestrial isopods, using a common Mediterranean species of the Armadillidae family as a pilot species, Armadillo officinalis Duméril, 1816. Mainly, for this species, we describe typical behavioral processes, such as turn alternation, aggregation, and stridulation, where vibrational communication appears to be involved.

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Section: Defense Mechanisms and Eavesdropping In A Officinalismentioning

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Section: Biotremology: a Vibratory Exchange Of Informationmentioning

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Section: Behavioral Processes and Vibrational Communication In Arthromentioning

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Alarm communication predates eusociality in termites

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Termites (Blattodea: Isoptera) have evolved specialized defensive strategies for colony protection. Alarm communication enables workers to escape threats while soldiers are recruited to the source of disturbance. Here, we study the vibroacoustic and chemical alarm communication in the wood roach Cryptocercus and in 20 termite species including seven of the nine termite families, all life-types, and all feeding and nesting habits. Our multidisciplinary approach shows that vibratory alarm signals represent an ethological synapomorphy of termites and Cryptocercus. In contrast, chemical alarms have evolved independently in several cockroach groups and at least twice in termites. Vibroacoustic alarm signaling patterns are the most complex in Neoisoptera, in which they are often combined with chemical signals. The alarm characters correlate to phylogenetic position, food type and hardness, foraging area size, and nesting habits. Overall, species of Neoisoptera have developed the most sophisticated communication system amongst termites, potentially contributing to their ecological success.

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Alarm communication predates eusociality in termites

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Termites (Blattodea: Isoptera) have evolved specialized defensive strategies for colony protection. Alarm communication enables workers to escape threats while soldiers are recruited to the source of disturbance. Here, we studied the vibroacoustic and chemical alarm communication in the wood roach Cryptocercus and in 20 termite species including seven of the nine termite families, all life-types, and all feeding and nesting habits. Using a multidisciplinary approach, we found that vibratory alarm signals represent an ethological synapomorphy of termites and Cryptocercus, while chemical alarms evolved independently in several cockroach groups, and at least twice in termites. Vibroacoustic alarm signaling patterns were the most complex in Neoisoptera, in which they were often combined with chemical signals. The alarm characters correlated to phylogenetic position, food type and hardness, foraging area size, and nesting habits. Overall, species of Neoisoptera have developed the most sophisticated communication system amongst termites, potentially contributing to their ecological success.

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Biotremology: We Fight for Food

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Biotremology in arthropods

Biotremology in arthropods

Alarm communication predates eusociality in termites

Alarm communication predates eusociality in termites

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