dc.creatorSouza, André Rodrigues de
dc.creatorMartins, Luiza Carla Barbosa
dc.creatorMourão-Júnior, Carlos Alberto
dc.creatorSerrão, José Eduardo
dc.creatorLino-Neto, José
dc.date2018-10-16T11:29:37Z
dc.date2018-10-16T11:29:37Z
dc.date2013-11-15
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-27T21:58:59Z
dc.date.available2023-09-27T21:58:59Z
dc.identifier15728889
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10905-013-9427-z
dc.identifierhttp://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/22267
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8969005
dc.descriptionIndividual recognition (IR) has been demonstrated in some Pachycondyla ants. The maintenance of such memories is challenged when queens are separated for the few hours of forage (attenuation) or when they are simultaneously interacting with conspecifics in a reduced space, that is, the nest (interference). By quantifying the level of aggression among familiar and unfamiliar queens of P. inversa, we showed that memories of social partner’s identity are robust to attenuation over the course of 2 days and to interference from subsequent interaction with five other individuals. Because wasps and crabs also remember familiar partners after separation and interaction with other conspecifics, we propose that robustness of social memories is widespread in invertebrates with IR abilities.
dc.formatpdf
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherJournal of Insect Behavior
dc.relationv. 27, n. 2, p. 251– 256, mar. 2014
dc.rightsSpringer Science+Business Media New York
dc.subjectIndividual recognition
dc.subjectAggression
dc.subjectMemory attenuation
dc.subjectMemory interference
dc.subjectPachycondyla inversa
dc.titleRobust memories of individual identity in ant queens
dc.typeArtigo


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