Large body size variation is associated with low communication success in tandem running ants
Large body size variation is associated with low communication success in tandem running ants
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体型差异较大与串联奔跑蚂蚁的沟通成功率较低有关
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10.1007/s00265-020-02941-x
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发表时间：
2021
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Grüter C
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作者：
Wagner T;Bachenberg L;Glaser SM;Oikonomou A;Linn M;Grüter C
动物群体的多样性通常被认为能提高群体的表现。在昆虫群体中，工蜂之间的遗传、行为和形态变异可以改善群体功能和复原力。然而，据推测，在沟通过程中，工人之间的差异，如身体大小，也可能产生负面影响。串联运行是蚂蚁常见的招募策略，允许领导者引导巢伴追随者获得资源。很大一部分串联运行失败是因为领导者和追随者失去联系。使用antTemnothorax nylanderias模型系统，我们测试了这样的假设：如果领导者和跟随者的体型不同，则并列跑的成功会受到损害。事实上，我们发现，串联对的成功率下降相当大的大小变化的增加：串联运行不成功时，领导者和追随者的大小差异超过10%，而~80%的串联运行成功时，蚂蚁的体长差异小于5%。可能的解释是，尺寸差异与步行速度或感官知觉的差异有关。蚂蚁不会选择大小相似的伙伴，但体内的工蚁比体内的工蚁大，这可以减少招募错误，因为它减少了非常大和非常小的蚂蚁一起进行串联运行的机会。我们的研究结果表明，相互作用的工人之间的表型差异可能会对沟通过程的效率产生负面影响。表型变异是否具有积极或消极的影响可能取决于任务和显示变异的表型性状。显着性声明多样性通常被认为可以提高群居昆虫的群体表现。然而，工人之间的表型差异也可能产生负面影响，例如在沟通过程中。串联运行是蚂蚁常见的招募策略，但当蚂蚁失去联系时，串联运行通常会失败。我们使用antTemnothorax nylanderi来检验串联领导者和跟随者之间的身体大小差异损害串联通信的假设。我们发现，串联对的成功率下降相当大的大小变化的增加，可能是因为不同大小的蚂蚁也不同的行走速度。我们的研究支持这样一个假设，即工人之间的表型变异可能并不总是有益的，并且可能对沟通过程的效率产生负面影响。
AbstractDiversity in animal groups is often assumed to increase group performance. In insect colonies, genetic, behavioural and morphological variation among workers can improve colony functioning and resilience. However, it has been hypothesized that during communication processes, differences between workers, e.g. in body size, could also have negative effects. Tandem running is a common recruitment strategy in ants and allows a leader to guide a nestmate follower to resources. A substantial proportion of tandem runs fail because leader and follower lose contact. Using the antTemnothorax nylanderias a model system, we tested the hypothesis that tandem running success is impaired if leader and follower differ in size. Indeed, we found that the success rate of tandem pairs drops considerably as size variation increases: tandem runs were unsuccessful when the leader–follower size difference exceeded 10%, whereas ~ 80% of tandem runs were successful when ants differed less than 5% in body length. Possible explanations are that size differences are linked to differences in walking speed or sensory perception. Ants did not choose partners of similar size, but extranidal workers were larger than intranidal workers, which could reduce recruitment mistakes because it reduced the chance that very large and very small ants perform tandem runs together. Our results suggest that phenotypic differences between interacting workers can have negative effects on the efficiency of communication processes. Whether phenotypic variation has positive or negative effects is likely to depend on the task and the phenotypic trait that shows variation.Significance statementDiversity is often assumed to increase colony performance in social insects. However, phenotypic differences among workers could also have negative effects, e.g. during communication. Tandem running is a common recruitment strategy in ants, but tandem runs often fail when ants lose contact. We used the antTemnothorax nylanderito test the hypothesis that body size differences between tandem leader and follower impair tandem communication. We show that the success rate of tandem pairs drops considerably as size variation increases, possibly because ants of varying size also differ in walking speed. Our study supports the hypothesis that phenotypic variation among workers might not always be beneficial and can negatively impact the efficiency of communication processes.
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