Dynamics of the restoration of physical trails in the grass-cutting ant Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
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Resumo: | Dynamics of the restoration of physical trails in the grass-cutting ant Atta capiguara. Leaf-cutting ants of the genus Atta build long physical trails by cutting the vegetation growing on the soil surface and removing the small objects they find across their path. Little is known on the dynamics of trail construction in these ants. How much time do they need to build a trail? To answer this question we selected six trails belonging to two different nests of A. capiguara and removed on each trail a block of soil of 20 cm × 15 cm that included a portion of the physical trail. This block was then replaced by a new block of the same size that was removed in the pasture near the trail and that was uniformly covered by the same type of vegetation as that found on the block of soil that was removed. The time required to restore the trail was then evaluated by the length of the grass blades found along the former location of the trail. The results show that ants rapidly restore the portion of the physical trail that was interrupted, which suggests that they could also do the same after their trails have been recolonized by the vegetation. |
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Dynamics of the restoration of physical trails in the grass-cutting ant Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)ForagingLeaf-cutting antsSaúvaSocial insectsDynamics of the restoration of physical trails in the grass-cutting ant Atta capiguara. Leaf-cutting ants of the genus Atta build long physical trails by cutting the vegetation growing on the soil surface and removing the small objects they find across their path. Little is known on the dynamics of trail construction in these ants. How much time do they need to build a trail? To answer this question we selected six trails belonging to two different nests of A. capiguara and removed on each trail a block of soil of 20 cm × 15 cm that included a portion of the physical trail. This block was then replaced by a new block of the same size that was removed in the pasture near the trail and that was uniformly covered by the same type of vegetation as that found on the block of soil that was removed. The time required to restore the trail was then evaluated by the length of the grass blades found along the former location of the trail. The results show that ants rapidly restore the portion of the physical trail that was interrupted, which suggests that they could also do the same after their trails have been recolonized by the vegetation.Laboratório de Insetos Sociais-Praga Departamento de Produção Vegetal Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)MirmecoLab Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas Comportamento e Biologia Animal Universidade Federal de Juiz de ForaUniversité Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées UPS Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition AnimaleCNRS Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition AnimaleLaboratório de Insetos Sociais-Praga Departamento de Produção Vegetal Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Universidade Federal de Juiz de ForaUPS Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition AnimaleCentre de Recherches sur la Cognition AnimaleCaldato, Nadia [UNESP]Forti, Luiz Carlos [UNESP]da Silva Camargo, Roberto [UNESP]Santos Lopes, Juliane FlorianoFourcassié, Vincent2018-12-11T17:00:53Z2018-12-11T17:00:53Z2016-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article63-67application/pdfhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rbe.2015.10.001Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, v. 60, n. 1, p. 63-67, 2016.1806-96650085-5626http://hdl.handle.net/11449/17254610.1016/j.rbe.2015.10.0012-s2.0-849582808912-s2.0-84958280891.pdf6187684824965648Scopusreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengRevista Brasileira de Entomologia0,406info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2024-04-30T15:59:41Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/172546Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-08-05T23:11:27.021593Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false |
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Dynamics of the restoration of physical trails in the grass-cutting ant Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) |
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Dynamics of the restoration of physical trails in the grass-cutting ant Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) |
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Dynamics of the restoration of physical trails in the grass-cutting ant Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Caldato, Nadia [UNESP] Foraging Leaf-cutting ants Saúva Social insects |
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Dynamics of the restoration of physical trails in the grass-cutting ant Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) |
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Dynamics of the restoration of physical trails in the grass-cutting ant Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) |
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Dynamics of the restoration of physical trails in the grass-cutting ant Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) |
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Dynamics of the restoration of physical trails in the grass-cutting ant Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) |
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Dynamics of the restoration of physical trails in the grass-cutting ant Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) |
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Caldato, Nadia [UNESP] |
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Caldato, Nadia [UNESP] Forti, Luiz Carlos [UNESP] da Silva Camargo, Roberto [UNESP] Santos Lopes, Juliane Floriano Fourcassié, Vincent |
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Forti, Luiz Carlos [UNESP] da Silva Camargo, Roberto [UNESP] Santos Lopes, Juliane Floriano Fourcassié, Vincent |
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora UPS Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale |
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Caldato, Nadia [UNESP] Forti, Luiz Carlos [UNESP] da Silva Camargo, Roberto [UNESP] Santos Lopes, Juliane Floriano Fourcassié, Vincent |
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Foraging Leaf-cutting ants Saúva Social insects |
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Foraging Leaf-cutting ants Saúva Social insects |
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Dynamics of the restoration of physical trails in the grass-cutting ant Atta capiguara. Leaf-cutting ants of the genus Atta build long physical trails by cutting the vegetation growing on the soil surface and removing the small objects they find across their path. Little is known on the dynamics of trail construction in these ants. How much time do they need to build a trail? To answer this question we selected six trails belonging to two different nests of A. capiguara and removed on each trail a block of soil of 20 cm × 15 cm that included a portion of the physical trail. This block was then replaced by a new block of the same size that was removed in the pasture near the trail and that was uniformly covered by the same type of vegetation as that found on the block of soil that was removed. The time required to restore the trail was then evaluated by the length of the grass blades found along the former location of the trail. The results show that ants rapidly restore the portion of the physical trail that was interrupted, which suggests that they could also do the same after their trails have been recolonized by the vegetation. |
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