L'Impregnation Dans L'Ontogenese Des Comportements De Soins Aux Cocons Chez La Jeune Fourmi Rousse (Formica Polyctena Forst.)

Jaisson, Pierre

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“…This phenomenon confirms the existence of a high capacity for learning during this period as suggested by previous independent studies (10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23).…”

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Preimaginal learning as a basis of colony-brood recognition in the ant Cataglyphis cursor

Isingrini

Lenoir

Jaisson

1985

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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In most circumstances, social insects recognize their nestmates. They can discriminate against alien adults and also against alien larvae. Results presented here indicate that the mechanism of colony-brood recognition is acquired in large part during larval life and persists through the metamorphosis into the adult stage. During the first days after emergence of the adult, a weaker form of learning can also occur. These phenomena are discussed in relation to kinship theory. It appears that kin recognition is determined not so much by genetic relatedness as by spatial proximity of the individuals during the early stages of life.Most social insects can discriminate nestmates from nonnestmates (1). The hostility shown to adults of alien colonies is evidence of colony recognition. Recent data have revealed that intraspecific brood discrimination also exists in some ant species (2-5) and wasps; such discrimination manifests itself in differential brood-nursing activities (5-7). For the honey bee, comparable discrimination is not clearly established, as contradictory results have recently been published (8, 9).In Cataglyphis cursor Fonscolombe, brood-nursing ants prefer larvae from their own colony to those from an alien colony, which they give only half as much care as their own brood (unpublished data). We report here results that indicate an important role for learning such discrimination very early in life, during the larval stage. METHODS AND RESULTSExperiment 1: Effect of isolation during the first 10 days of adult life Young C. cursor workers were taken from their colony less than 8 hr after eclosion and were placed for 10 days in one of three situations.In one group (Gi; 98 ants) each ant was completely isolated until age 10 days. The workers were then formed into subgroups of seven workers each, and 15 min later they were tested by being offered a choice among three nestmate larvae (NL) and three alien larvae (AL). The larvae in this and other experiments were identified by sticking colored plastic spots on them. Each instance of licking or carrying of a larva for the next 15 min was recorded.In another group (G2), each of 82 young workers was familiarized with members of an alien colony, here called the "familiar colony," by being kept with two adults and two larvae (FL) from that colony for 10 days. These ants too were then formed into groups, of about seven each, and 15 min later were tested, in this case for their choice among three NL and three FL.The 98 newly hatched ants of the third group (G3) were kept for 10 days in groups of seven nestmates each and then were tested for choice among three NL and three AL.In G1 and G3, NL were clearly preferred to AL (Fig. 1) (P < 0.01) (except where noted otherwise, Wilcoxon tests were used). Early isolation as adults (Gi) did not reverse the ants' preference for their NL, although this preference was weaker than in the group kept with nestmates (G3) (P < 0.05, Mann-Whitney U test).The ants of G2 (familiarized with individuals from an alien colony) still sl...

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confidence: 90%

Preimaginal learning as a basis of colony-brood recognition in the ant Cataglyphis cursor

Isingrini

Lenoir

Jaisson

1985

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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118

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“…They have been described in termites [1,15,26] as well as in many species of social Hymenoptera such as ants, primitively eusocial wasps, primitively eusocial bees and the highly eusocial honeybee, Apis mellifera [2,4,5,9,11,14,16,19,22]. By excluding conspecific non-nestmates, the colonies avoid not only theft of stored food, nesting material and brood or even adult nestmates, but also social parasitism.…”

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Nestmate discrimination in the African stingless bee Hypotrigona gribodoi Magretti (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Kirchner

Friebe

1999

Apidologie

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“…At the same time, ants are known to recognize many objects by their scent. In particular, scent plays the major role in recognition of the slaves by slaver ants and in suppressing their aggression toward young heterospecific individuals (Jaisson, 1975), and also in recognition of family members in mutualistic species (Reznikova, 1975). The observed response of ants to the beetle wrapped in dark cloth suggests that chemical signals are used by ants to recognize the potential competitors among predatory invertebrates as well.…”

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An experimental study of behavioral mechanisms of relationships between red wood ants and ground beetles

Дорошева

Резникова

2006

Entmol. Rev.

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Abstract-Behavioral mechanisms regulating the competitive relations between the red wood ant Formica aquilonia and the ground beetles Carabus regalis, Pterostichus melanarius, P. magus, P. oblongopunctatus, Harpalus smaragdinus, and Amara nitida were studied by artificially initiated collisions between living insects as well as with the use of imitation models. Members of different functional groups within an ant family (aphid-milkers, hunters, and guards) behaved differently towards beetles. Active ants were shown to respond selectively to different features of the possible competitors, such as coloration, the presence of "appendages" (legs, antennae), body symmetry, rate of movement, and scent. Field and laboratory experiments demonstrated the ability of beetles to avoid collisions with active ants. The scent of anthill material attracted ground beetles, which consumed dead ants. The gained individual experience may allow the beetles to use supplementary forage resources in the territories controlled by ants. The flexible tactical patterns facilitate spatial segregation of ground beetles and ants in the same territory and result in a more complete utilization of food resources.

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L'Impregnation Dans L'Ontogenese Des Comportements De Soins Aux Cocons Chez La Jeune Fourmi Rousse (Formica Polyctena Forst.)

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Preimaginal learning as a basis of colony-brood recognition in the ant Cataglyphis cursor

Preimaginal learning as a basis of colony-brood recognition in the ant Cataglyphis cursor

Nestmate discrimination in the African stingless bee Hypotrigona gribodoi Magretti (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

An experimental study of behavioral mechanisms of relationships between red wood ants and ground beetles

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