Anderson, Carl and Jadin, J. L. V. (2001) The adaptive benefit of leaf transfer in Atta colombica. INSECTES SOCIAUX, 48 (4). pp. 404-405. ISSN 0020-1812
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We studied leaf transfer on trails of the leafcutter ant Atta colombica. 78.6% (N = 210) of leaves were not transferred, 12.4% (33) were cached and the remaining 9% (24) were transferred directly to another individual. Directly-transferred leaves travelled significantly faster post-transfer. There was no difference between the speeds of leaves that were not transferred and those post-transfer, although there was a significant difference among the pre-direct-transfer, pre-cache, and non-transfer speeds. We suggest that there may be a critical transportation speed, and that if this speed is not met, an individual will relinquish its leaf.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | INSECT SOCIETIES; task partitioning; leaf-transfer; foraging trails; Atta colombica |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 590 Zoological sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2022 07:20 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2022 07:20 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/41876 |
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