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The trade-off between the transmission of chemical cues and parasites: behavioral interactions between leaf-cutting ant workers of different age classes
Provedor de dados: 92
Autores: Lopes,Juliane F.S.; Camargo,Roberto da Silva; Forti,Luiz C.; Hughes,William O.H.
ABSTRACT Social animals are faced with an intriguing dilemma. On the one hand, interactions between individuals are essential to exchange information and to promote cohesion, while on the other hand such interactions carry with them the risk of catching and transmitting parasites. This trade-off is particularly significant for social insects because low within-colony genetic diversity makes their colonies potentially vulnerable to parasites while frequent interactions are essential to the development of the colonial odor profile necessary for nestmate recognition. Here we investigate whether social interactions between young and old leaf-cutting ant workers show evidence of this trade-off. We find that old workers engage in more selfgrooming and mandibular...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Acromyrmex; Age polyethism; Behavioral interaction; Chemicals transfer.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262017000100069