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

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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 co...

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Autor principal: Schilman, P.E.
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2011
Materias:
Camponotus
Camponotus rufipes
Formicidae
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00332615_v_n_p_Schilman
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Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) de Universidad de Buenos Aires
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spelling paperaa:paper_00332615_v_n_p_Schilman2023-06-12T16:45:30Z Trail-laying behaviour as a function of resource quality in the ant Camponotus rufipes Psyche 2011 Schilman, P.E. Camponotus Camponotus rufipes Formicidae 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. 2011 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00332615_v_n_p_Schilman
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topic Camponotus
Camponotus rufipes
Formicidae
spellingShingle Camponotus
Camponotus rufipes
Formicidae
Schilman, P.E.
Trail-laying behaviour as a function of resource quality in the ant Camponotus rufipes
topic_facet Camponotus
Camponotus rufipes
Formicidae
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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title Trail-laying behaviour as a function of resource quality in the ant Camponotus rufipes
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
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