The effect of trail length on task partitioning in three Acromyrmex species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorLopes, Juliane F.
dc.creatorForti, Luiz Carlos
dc.creatorCamargo, Roberto S.
dc.creatorMatos, Carlos A.O.
dc.creatorVerza, Sandra S.
dc.date2014-05-27T11:20:39Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:18:39Z
dc.date2014-05-27T11:20:39Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:18:39Z
dc.date2003-05-19
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T01:05:45Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T01:05:45Z
dc.identifierSociobiology, v. 42, n. 1, p. 87-91, 2003.
dc.identifier0361-6525
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/67294
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/67294
dc.identifierWOS:000182275300005
dc.identifier2-s2.0-0038068989
dc.identifierhttp://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/issue/archive
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/888761
dc.descriptionBy comparing the behavior of three Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) species during foraging on artificial trails of different lengths, we observed the occurrence of task partitioning and its relation to the food distance from the nest. Task partitioning was verified by leaf cache formation along the trail and leaf direct transferring among workers. There was significant difference between the number of leaf fragments carried directly to the fungus chamber and those transferred direct or indirectly, via cache, depending upon the trail length. Task partitioning could be a strategy used by leaf-cutting ants that allows the workers to use food sources far from their nests.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationSociobiology
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectAcromyrmex spp.
dc.subjectLeaf caching
dc.subjectLeaf-cutting ants
dc.subjectTask partitioning
dc.subjectTrail length
dc.subjectAcromyrmex
dc.subjectAtta
dc.subjectFormicidae
dc.subjectFungi
dc.subjectHymenoptera
dc.titleThe effect of trail length on task partitioning in three Acromyrmex species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
dc.typeOtro


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