Foraging Behavior and Subtask Hierarchical Structure in Acromyrmex spp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)


Autoria(s): Lopes, Juliane F. S.; Camargo, Roberto S.; Forti, Luiz Carlos
Contribuinte(s)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Data(s)

27/05/2014

27/05/2014

08/12/2003

Resumo

This study considers the function and complexity of tasks during foraging of three Acromyrmex species. Foraging was classified as a team task composed of 2 or 3 processes: recruitment, selection, and collection. Each process was subdivided into different subtasks. Points were attributed to subtasks considering their hierarchical level to compare the complexity of foraging among species. Total scores obtained were 19 for A. balzani and 14 for A. crassispinus and A. rugosus, indicating different degrees of social complexity for grass-cutting and leaf-cutting ant species. Acromyrmex balzani, a grass-cutting ant species, shows a behavioral repertoire composed of more variable subtasks during foraging.

Formato

781-793

Identificador

http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/issue/archive

Sociobiology, v. 42, n. 3, p. 781-793, 2003.

0361-6525

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/67592

WOS:000186375100024

2-s2.0-0344531509

Idioma(s)

eng

Relação

Sociobiology

Direitos

closedAccess

Palavras-Chave #Division of labor #Foraging #Leaf-cutting ants #Task structure #Acromyrmex #Acromyrmex balzani #Acromyrmex crassispinus #Acromyrmex rugosus #Atta #Formicidae #Hymenoptera
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article