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Activity Patterns and Age-dependent Changes in Behavior in the Clonal Ant Platythyrea punctata
Hartmann, Clara, Haschlar, Julia, Heinze, Jürgen und Bernadou, Abel
(2020)
Activity Patterns and Age-dependent Changes in Behavior in the Clonal Ant Platythyrea punctata.
Journal of Insect Behavior 33, S. 149-157.
Veröffentlichungsdatum dieses Volltextes: 09 Feb 2021 12:01
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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.44829
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Age-based polyethism, wherein young individuals perform tasks within the nest and later transition to outside activities, is common among many social insects. This division of labor ensures the safety of workers with longer residual lifespans, such as brood caring nurses, and exposes only old individuals to increased extrinsic mortality risks. It appears however, that lifespan in workers is also ...
Age-based polyethism, wherein young individuals perform tasks within the nest and later transition to outside activities, is common among many social insects. This division of labor ensures the safety of workers with longer residual lifespans, such as brood caring nurses, and exposes only old individuals to increased extrinsic mortality risks. It appears however, that lifespan in workers is also shaped by intrinsic factors, such as senescence. The transition from nurse to forager is accompanied by various physiological and behavioral changes and seems to represent a crucial step in determining the subsequent life history of the individual. Here we investigate the daily activity pattern and detailed division of labor in colonies of the clonal antPlatythyrea punctatato better understand the dynamics of age polyethism in this peculiar species. We found thatP. punctatacolonies were mostly active during the day. At night, few workers were observed out of their nests. Workers showed a decrease in brood care and aggressive behavior over time. With increasing age individuals spent more time outside the nest and were more frequently observed walking. However, the transition to outside tasks did not follow a consistent time pattern in all colonies. Workers transitioning at a younger age seemed to die earlier than workers that began to forage later in life.
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| Dokumentenart | Artikel | ||||
| Titel eines Journals oder einer Zeitschrift | Journal of Insect Behavior | ||||
| Verlag: | SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS | ||||
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| Ort der Veröffentlichung: | NEW YORK | ||||
| Band: | 33 | ||||
| Seitenbereich: | S. 149-157 | ||||
| Datum | 2020 | ||||
| Institutionen | Biologie und Vorklinische Medizin > Institut für Zoologie Biologie und Vorklinische Medizin > Institut für Zoologie > Zoologie/Evolutionsbiologie (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heinze) | ||||
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| Stichwörter / Keywords | DIVISION-OF-LABOR; HONEY-BEE; LIFE-SPAN; GENOTYPIC VARIABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECTS; PONERINE ANT; COLONY SIZE; POLYETHISM; FLEXIBILITY; Division of labor; Colony activity; Age polyethism; Lifespan; Platythyrea punctata | ||||
| Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation | 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 570 Biowissenschaften, Biologie 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 590 Tiere (Zoologie) | ||||
| Status | Veröffentlicht | ||||
| Begutachtet | Ja, diese Version wurde begutachtet | ||||
| An der Universität Regensburg entstanden | Ja | ||||
| URN der UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-448290 | ||||
| Dokumenten-ID | 44829 |
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