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Trail-sharing among tropical ants: interspecific use of trail pheromones?

Menzel, Florian ; Pokorny, Tamara ; Blüthgen, Nico ; Schmitt, Thomas (2010)
Trail-sharing among tropical ants: interspecific use of trail pheromones?
In: Ecological Entomology, 35 (4)
Artikel, Bibliographie

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Trail-sharing between different ant species is rare and restricted to a small number of species pairs. Its underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. For trail-sharing to occur, two factors are required: (i) one or both species must recognise the other species or its pheromone trails and (ii) both species must tolerate each other to a certain extent to allow joint use of the trail. A species that follows another's trails can efficiently exploit the other's information on food sources contained in the pheromone trails. Hence, food competition and thus aggressive interactions between a species following another's trail and the species being followed, seem likely.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2010
Autor(en): Menzel, Florian ; Pokorny, Tamara ; Blüthgen, Nico ; Schmitt, Thomas
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Trail-sharing among tropical ants: interspecific use of trail pheromones?
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: August 2010
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Ecological Entomology
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 35
(Heft-)Nummer: 4
URL / URN: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010....
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Trail-sharing between different ant species is rare and restricted to a small number of species pairs. Its underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. For trail-sharing to occur, two factors are required: (i) one or both species must recognise the other species or its pheromone trails and (ii) both species must tolerate each other to a certain extent to allow joint use of the trail. A species that follows another's trails can efficiently exploit the other's information on food sources contained in the pheromone trails. Hence, food competition and thus aggressive interactions between a species following another's trail and the species being followed, seem likely.

Freie Schlagworte: Ant mosaics, dominance hierarchy, formicidae, informational parasitism, interspecific aggression, olfactory eavesdropping, trail pheromones, trail-sharing
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 10 Fachbereich Biologie
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