Timing matters when assessing dominance and chemical signatures in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus
Timing matters when assessing dominance and chemical signatures in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus
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DOI：
10.1007/s00265-010-0984-2
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发表时间：
2010-08-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Turillazzi, Stefano
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作者：
Dapporto, Leonardo;Bruschini, Claudia;Turillazzi, Stefano
最近的一项研究（Izzo等人，第64章：你是谁857-864，2010）报道了角质层碳氢化合物（CHC）与论文中黄蜂Polistes dominulus的生育力相关，而不是优势，因此与最近的调查结果相矛盾，最近的调查得出结论认为社会优势是该物种CHC特征的主要决定因素。我们在这里建议，不同形式的优势，在前筑巢和后筑巢阶段造成的明显矛盾的结果。因此，假设在筑巢前阶段的优势行为与殖民地建立后的优势是同义的是不正确的。我们提供了标准化的定义形式的“优势”观察到的P. dominulus的生命周期，以避免在未来的研究处理相同的主题在不同的年度阶段之间的明显差异。
A recent study (Izzo et al., Behav Ecol Sociobiol 64: 857-864, 2010) reported that cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) correlate with fertility, not dominance, in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus thus contradicting the results of recent investigations which concluded that social dominance is the main determinant for CHC signatures in this species. We suggest here that different forms of dominance in the pre-nesting and post-nesting phases caused the apparently contradictory results. Thus the assumption that dominance behaviour in the pre-nesting stage is synonymous with dominance after colony foundation is incorrect. We provide standardised definitions for forms of "dominance" observed in the P. dominulus life cycle to avoid apparent discrepancies in the future among studies dealing with the same topics in different annual stages.