Food exploitation by social insects : ecological, behavioral, and theoretical approaches

Food Exploitation by Social Insects: Ecological, Behavioral, and Theoretical Approaches......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
The Editors......Page 9
Contributors......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
REFERENCES......Page 16
Social Insects and the Exploitation of Food Sources: Concluding Thoughts......Page 0
Part I: Foraging Decisions, Patterns, and Strategies......Page 18
INTRODUCTION......Page 20
THE ADAPTIVE SIGNIFICANCE OF SENSORY BIAS IN A FORAGING CONTEXT......Page 21
PHYLOGENETIC APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING FLORAL COLOR PREFERENCES......Page 22
SENSORY BIAS AND FORAGING PERFORMANCE......Page 25
LEARNING AND FORAGING PERFORMANCE: BUMBLE BEES GAIN FITNESS THROUGH LEARNING......Page 27
MANIPULATION OF FORAGING PHENOTYPE: THE HONEY BEE DANCE......Page 29
GENETIC BASIS OF FORAGING BEHAVIOR......Page 31
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 32
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 33
REFERENCES......Page 34
INTRODUCTION......Page 40
FORAGING PATTERNS IN ANTS: A SOCIAL OUTCOME......Page 41
HOW MANY FORAGERS? ASSESSING THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF FORAGING......Page 43
ALLOCATING ANTS TO FORAGING TASKS......Page 44
DEFENDING FORAGING AREAS......Page 45
SAMPLING EFFORT AND ACCURACY OF DIRECT CONTACT CUES......Page 46
INDIRECT SOCIAL CUES: GETTING INFORMATION THROUGH AREA MARKING......Page 48
KEEPING FORAGERS ALL TOGETHER......Page 49
PROMOTING FORAGING TOWARD KNOWN AREAS......Page 50
SMELLING THE PAST......Page 51
DIRECT VS. INDIRECT CUES: WHICH ONE IS THE BEST?......Page 55
REFERENCES......Page 57
INTRODUCTION......Page 64
FOOD SOURCE DIVERSITY, EUSOCIALITY, AND COLONY SIZE......Page 65
HOW RESOURCES ARE FOUND......Page 68
FOOD RECRUITMENT......Page 72
INFORMATION AT THE FOOD SOURCE......Page 73
INFORMATION AT THE NEST......Page 75
DO SOCIAL WASPS LACK RECRUITMENT TO FOOD, AND IF SO, WHY?......Page 77
WORKER POLYETHISM......Page 78
TASK PARTITIONING......Page 79
POTENTIAL REASONS FOR DIFFERENCES IN WORK ORGANIZATION AMONG WASPS......Page 80
ALLOCATION OF FORAGING EFFORT......Page 81
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 83
REFERENCES......Page 84
INTRODUCTION......Page 92
ACTIVITY PATTERNS, DIET, AND FORAGING BEHAVIOR......Page 93
NEST STRUCTURE AND COLONY DEMOGRAPHY......Page 94
DIET, BEHAVIOR, AND FORAGING MODES......Page 95
AGGRESSIVE INTERACTIONS......Page 98
DAILY AND SEASONAL ACTIVITY PATTERNS......Page 100
DIET AND FORAGING MODES......Page 101
COLONY HOME RANGES AND AGGRESSIVE INTERACTIONS......Page 102
REFERENCES......Page 103
INTRODUCTION......Page 108
CHALLENGES OF MARKING EXPERIMENTS......Page 109
HOMING EXPERIMENTS......Page 110
THEORETICAL APPROACHES......Page 112
MASS MARKING AND POLLEN ANALYSIS......Page 113
ARE THERE FEWER BEES FORAGING CLOSE TO THE COLONY?......Page 114
VARIATION BETWEEN BUMBLE BEE SPECIES IN FORAGING RANGE......Page 115
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FORAGERS AS TO FORAGE LOCATIONS......Page 117
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 118
REFERENCES......Page 119
Part II: Information Use and Information Transfer......Page 124
INTRODUCTION......Page 126
INDIRECT RECRUITMENT: TRAIL-BASED FORAGING......Page 127
DIRECT RECRUITMENT: DANCING BEES......Page 129
STABLE VERSUS DYNAMICALLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS......Page 130
STAYING INFORMED: SCOUTS VERSUS RECRUITS......Page 133
THE INDIVIDUAL VERSUS THE COLLECTIVE......Page 134
USING MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE AND USE OF THE SAME LANGUAGE IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS......Page 135
VARIATION IS THE SPICE OF LIFE......Page 137
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 138
REFERENCES......Page 139
INTRODUCTION......Page 146
FINDING FORAGING BONANZAS......Page 147
TANDEM RUNNING TO LARGE FOOD SOURCES......Page 149
DECIDING WHEN TO FOLLOW DANCES......Page 150
INSECT “TRADITIONS”......Page 151
NECTAR-ROBBING BUMBLE BEES......Page 152
SOCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHEN NOT TO FORAGE......Page 153
LONG-TERM RISK ASSESSMENT IN WOOD CRICKETS......Page 158
REFERENCES......Page 159
INTRODUCTION......Page 162
LOCAL ENHANCEMENT AND LOCAL INHIBITION......Page 163
THE CONFOUNDING OF SIGHT AND SMELL......Page 167
THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTEXT AND EXPERIENCE......Page 168
THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL ENHANCEMENT AND LOCAL INHIBITION......Page 169
EAVESDROPPING......Page 170
EAVESDROPPING IN GARDEN ANTS AND THE TRADE-OFF BETWEEN DISCOVERY RATE AND BEHAVIORAL DOMINANCE......Page 172
THE IMPORTANCE OF EAVESDROPPING......Page 173
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 174
REFERENCES......Page 175
INTRODUCTION......Page 180
THE HONEY BEE’S OLFACTORY SYSTEM......Page 181
SCENT ORIGIN AND CHEMISTRY......Page 183
SCENT INFORMATION USED DURING HONEY BEE FORAGING AND RECRUITMENT......Page 184
FLORAL SCENTS AS ATTRACTANTS......Page 185
SCENT-ASSOCIATED MEMORIES OF FOOD SOURCES......Page 187
THE NASONOV PHEROMONE......Page 189
SCENT MARKS ON FOOD SOURCES......Page 191
TRAIL PHEROMONES AND SCENT TRAILS......Page 192
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 193
REFERENCES......Page 194
INTRODUCTION......Page 198
THE OFFERING BEHAVIOR OF ACTIVE FORAGERS......Page 200
DYNAMICS OF FOOD TRANSFER......Page 202
CHANGING THE TROPHALLACTIC ROLE......Page 204
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE NECTAR INSIDE THE HIVE......Page 205
ODOR LEARNING THROUGH TROPHALLAXIS......Page 206
REFERENCES......Page 208
INTRODUCTION......Page 214
RESOURCE AVAILABILITY......Page 216
COMPETITION OVER FOOD SOURCES......Page 217
INFERENCES ON RECRUITMENT MECHANISMS......Page 218
WHY HAD FORAGER SOUNDS NOT BEEN NOTICED BEFORE 1953?......Page 219
THE FOOD SOURCE’S VALUE AND THE RECRUITER’S EXCITEMENT......Page 220
EXCITEMENT AND MOTION......Page 221
Running Path......Page 222
EXCITEMENT AND JOSTLING RUNS......Page 223
EXCITEMENT AND THORACIC VIBRATIONS......Page 224
Energetic Gains......Page 225
Flight Costs......Page 226
THE EXCITEMENT OF POTENTIAL NEWCOMERS......Page 227
RECRUITER’S EXCITEMENT AND RECRUITMENT SUCCESS......Page 229
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 231
REFERENCES......Page 232
INTRODUCTION......Page 238
FOOD ODORS......Page 239
ATTRACTIVE SCENT MARKS......Page 241
REPELLENT SCENT MARKS......Page 243
ORIGIN AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SCENT MARKS......Page 244
FOOD-MARKING CUES OR TRUE SIGNALS?......Page 246
TRAIL PHEROMONES......Page 248
SCENT MARKING BEHAVIOR AND THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF PHEROMONE MARKS......Page 249
GLANDULAR ORIGIN OF TRAIL PHEROMONES......Page 251
CHEMICAL STRUCTURES OF TRAIL PHEROMONE COMPOUNDS......Page 252
NEST SPECIFICITY OF TRAIL PHEROMONES......Page 255
CHEMICALS INVOLVED IN NEST PLUNDERING......Page 256
REFERENCES......Page 259
SCENT MARK CHEMISTRY......Page 266
HOW BUMBLE BEES MAKE USE OF SCENT MARKS......Page 269
THE BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SCENT MARKS......Page 272
REFERENCES......Page 273
INTRODUCTION......Page 276
THE DETERMINATION OF FRAGMENT SIZE: LEAF-CUTTING ANTS......Page 278
THE DETERMINATION OF FRAGMENT SIZE: GRASS-CUTTING ANTS......Page 280
FRAGMENT SIZE AND THE ECONOMICS OF LOAD TRANSPORT......Page 281
COOPERATIVE LOAD TRANSPORT: PLANT TISSUE DELIVERY AND INFORMATION FLOW......Page 284
TRANSPORT CHAINS IN GRASS-CUTTING ANTS: MAXIMIZATION OF LEAF DELIVERY RATE OR IMPROVED INFORMATION TRANSFER?......Page 285
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 286
REFERENCES......Page 287
Part III: Modeling Social Insect Foraging......Page 292
INTRODUCTION......Page 294
BACKGROUND AND DESIGN INTENT......Page 295
ENVIRONMENT......Page 296
ANT AGENT......Page 297
EVOLUTION......Page 299
NUMBER OF PHEROMONES USED......Page 300
EFFECTIVENESS OF EVOLVED PHEROMONE COMMUNICATION......Page 301
COMPARISON WITH HUMAN-DESIGNED PHEROMONE COMMUNICATION......Page 303
SUPERIORITY OF EVOLVED PHEROMONE COMMUNICATION......Page 304
REFERENCES......Page 306
INTRODUCTION......Page 308
RANDOM WALK......Page 310
IDIOTHETIC DIRECTED WALK......Page 312
LÉVY WALK......Page 314
SEARCHING FOR HOME......Page 316
PI MODELS......Page 317
VIEW-BASED HOMING......Page 321
MEASURING SUCCESS......Page 324
DIVISION OF LABOR......Page 325
GENETIC DIVERSITY......Page 326
RESOURCE QUALITY: TOP-DOWN IFD MODELS......Page 327
AGENT-BASED MODELING......Page 330
COMMUNICATING STREAM X-MACHINES......Page 332
REFERENCES......Page 334
Social Insects and the Exploitation of Food Sources: Concluding Thoughts......Page 338
REFERENCES......Page 344