受到威胁的和:资源介导的压力是否会影响剪叶殖民地 (基于种姓) 的社交网络?
Lailla C Gandra1, Leonardo M Turchen1,2, Karina D Amaral1
1Departamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil.
Pest management science
|July 31, 2024
概括
当接触到有毒的叶子时,切叶显示出改变的社交网络. 园丁与Acromyrmex地下有毒基质的相互作用增加可能会加速整个殖民地的暴露.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 伦理学 伦理学 伦理学
- 社会昆虫的行为 社会昆虫的行为
背景情况:
- 管理像切叶这样的社会昆虫害虫是具有挑战性的,需要对殖民地内的资源处理知识.
- 了解有毒基质如何影响的社会互动和资源管理对于有效的害虫控制至关重要.
- 人们对不适合资源对殖民地社会动态的影响知之甚少.
研究的目的:
- 研究合适的 (铜叶) 和有毒的 (纳斯特) 基质对社交网络动态的影响.
- 为了比较两个切叶物种中的这些效应:Acromyrmex molestans和Acromyrmex subterraneus.
主要方法:
- 为殖民地提供铜叶和叶的供应.
- 记录不同种之间的相互作用.
- 社交网络分析以量化互动模式的变化.
主要成果:
- 铜叶提供增加了Acromyrmex地下的食时间,但不是在其他物种/组合中.
- 在两种有铜叶的物种中,社交网络结构仍然相似.
- 纳斯特叶的供应改变了社会网络,增加了园丁的整合,改变了通用工人的中心地位,特别是在A. subterraneus.
结论:
- 社会互动的变化,特别是园丁对A. subterraneus的参与增加,可能会加速有毒基质的运输.
- 这种加快的移动可以最大限度地提高对殖民地的毒性影响,为害虫管理策略提供了洞察力.
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