Ants use partner specific odors to learn to recognize a mutualistic partner

Regulation via interspecific communication is an important for the maintenance of many mutualisms. However, mechanisms underlying the evolution of partner communication are poorly understood for many mutualisms. Here we show, in an ant-lycaenid butterfly mutualism, that attendant ants selectively le...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2014-01, Vol.9 (1), p.e86054-e86054
Hauptverfasser:	Hojo, Masaru K, Yamamoto, Ari, Akino, Toshiharu, Tsuji, Kazuki, Yamaoka, Ryohei
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal Communication Animals Ants Ants - physiology Aphidoidea Associative learning Biological Evolution Biology Butterflies Butterflies & moths Butterflies - chemistry Butterflies - physiology Caterpillars Chemical analysis Cognitive ability Cuticular hydrocarbons Evolution Experiments Formicidae Hydrocarbons Hydrocarbons - isolation & purification Hymenoptera Insects Interspecific Laws, regulations and rules Lycaenidae Mutualism Odorants - analysis Odors Pristomyrmex punctatus Reinforcement Reward Science Species Specificity Symbiosis - physiology Workers (insect caste)
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