scholarly journals Route learning during tandem running in the rock ant Temnothorax albipennis

2020 ◽  
Vol 223 (9) ◽  
pp. jeb221408
Author(s):  
Takao Sasaki ◽  
Leo Danczak ◽  
Beth Thompson ◽  
Trisha Morshed ◽  
Stephen C. Pratt
2014 ◽  
Vol 101 (7) ◽  
pp. 549-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norasmah Basari ◽  
Benita C. Laird-Hopkins ◽  
Ana B. Sendova-Franks ◽  
Nigel R. Franks

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 100570
Author(s):  
J. Lingwood ◽  
E.K. Farran ◽  
Y. Courbois ◽  
M. Blades

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (9) ◽  
pp. 150104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swetashree Kolay ◽  
Sumana Annagiri

The movement of colonies from one nest to another is a frequent event in the lives of many social insects and is important for their survival and propagation. This goal-oriented task is accomplished by means of tandem running in some ant species, such as Diacamma indicum . Tandem leaders are central to this process as they know the location of the new nest and lead colony members to it. Relocations involving targeted removal of leaders were compared with unmanipulated and random member removal relocations. Behavioural observations were integrated with network analysis to examine the differences in the pattern of task organization at the level of individuals and that of the colony. All colonies completed relocation successfully and leaders who substituted the removed tandem leaders conducted the task at a similar rate having redistributed the task in a less skewed manner. In terms of network structure, this resilience was due to significantly higher density and outcloseness indicating increased interaction between substitute leaders. By contrast, leader–follower interactions and random removal networks showed no discernible changes. Similar explorations of other goal-oriented tasks in other societies will possibly unveil new facets in the interplay between individuals that enable the group to respond effectively to stress.


2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 219-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin J. Farrell ◽  
Paul Arnold ◽  
Steve Pettifer ◽  
Jessica Adams ◽  
Tom Graham ◽  
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2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine S. Jackson ◽  
Michael Tlauka
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