scholarly journals Dynamics of Collective Exploration in the Ant Pheidole Pallidula

1991 ◽  
Vol 98 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Detrain ◽  
J. L. Deneubourg ◽  
S. Goss ◽  
Y. Quinet
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1996 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 292-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Keller ◽  
Serge Aron ◽  
Luc Passera

2001 ◽  
Vol 56 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 211-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Tsoukatou ◽  
Christina Tsitsimpikou ◽  
Constantinos Vagias ◽  
Vassilios Roussis

AbstractThe chemical composition of the volatile metabolites of Crithmum maritimum harvested from several geographic localities along the Mediterranean coasts was studied by GC and GC-MSD. The major oil constituents were found to be dillapiole, γ-terpinene, sabinene, limo-nene and β-phellandrene. The Western populations were richer in dillapiole, whereas the Southern collections were characterized by increased amounts of thymol methyl ether and y-terpinene. The Italian chemical profiles differentiated by the significant contributions of carvacrol methyl ether and isoterpinolene. The essential oils were also investigated for their insecticidal activity and their repellency against Pheidole pallidula (Nylander) ants and found to possess significant activity.


Evolution ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 1141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken R. Helms ◽  
Denis Fournier ◽  
Laurent Keller ◽  
Luc Passera ◽  
Serge Aron

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Bergamaschi ◽  
Wendy Moore ◽  
Andrea Di Giulio

The myrmecophilous carabid beetle, Paussus favieri, has a circum-Mediterranean distribution and it is completely dependent upon its host ant Pheidole pallidula during all stages of its life history. Using molecular sequence data we inferred the phylogenies of the populations of both the beetle and its ant host to determine if there are signs of co-evolution. A total of 34 P. favieri from France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Tunisia and 42 Ph. pallidula workers from the same countries, plus Greece and Italy, were collected and analyzed. Many mitochondrial and nuclear markers were sequenced, but only COI was evolving fast enough to infer the population-level phylogenies of the beetles and the ants. Preliminary analyses suggest that the European populations of P. favieri are derived from a single dispersal event from Africa, while several dispersal events are suggested for Ph. pallidula. We found the topologies of host and parasite trees to be generally congruent, as would be expected if the host and parasite have had a history of co-evolution or co-divergence.


1999 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Aron ◽  
E. Campan ◽  
J.J. Boomsma ◽  
L. Passera

Evolution ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 1141-1142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken R. Helms ◽  
Denis Fournier ◽  
Laurent Keller ◽  
Luc Passera ◽  
Serge Aron

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