DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Vibrational Behavior in the Social Wasps with an Emphasis on Antennal Drumming in Polistes (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

论文研究：群居黄蜂的振动行为，重点是马蜂（膜翅目：胡蜂科）的触角鼓动

• 批准号: 0709869
• 负责人: Robert Jeanne
• 金额: $ 0.63万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-06-01 至 2009-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0709869&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: DISSERTATION; RESEARCH; Vibrational; Behavior; Social

Vibrational behavior in the social wasps with an emphasis on antennal drumming in Polistes (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)Proposal # IOS-0709869PI: Dr. Robert L. Jeanne; CO-PI: Sainath SuryanarayananThe purpose of the dissertation research is to elucidate the function(s) of vibrational signals associated with brood feeding in a wasp. The proposed research will experimentally test the vibrational stress hypothesis according to which, high rates of vibrations induce developmental changes in the brood, causing them to emerge as adults with worker-like traits, whereas low rates of vibrations cause brood to develop with potential-queen-like traits. Polistes is the only wasp group in which vibrational signals have been studied in some detail and offers itself as a promising experimental system. Antennal drumming (AD) is a behavior in which queens rapidly beat their antennae synchronously on the rims of the nest cells. Thirty colonies initiated in the lab will be divided into three treatments: i) those that receive reverse AD signals from a coupled electro-mechanical device, ii) those that receive a random signal, and iii) undisturbed controls. Fat stores and juvenile hormone levels of newly emerged adults will be measured to indicate their behavioral caste: potential queens show high levels of both and workers show low levels. The idea of mechanical stress as a regulator of caste switching is novel and results from this study could have far reaching implications for our understanding of caste development in animal societies. Undergraduate students are participating and will take further part in the research proposed. Results from the proposed research will be used to design instructional material for an Insect Behavior course.

社会黄蜂的振动行为，重点是在Polistes（膜翅目：黄蜂科）的触角鼓鸣提案# ios0709869pi：博士罗伯特L. Jeanne；本文研究的目的是阐明振动信号在黄蜂幼虫摄食中的作用。这项研究将通过实验来验证振动压力假说，根据该假说，高频率的振动会引起雏鸟的发育变化，使它们成为具有工蜂特征的成年雏鸟，而低频率的振动会使雏鸟发育成具有潜在的蚁后特征的雏鸟。Polistes是唯一一个对振动信号进行了详细研究的黄蜂群体，并将其作为一个有前途的实验系统。天线击鼓（AD）是一种蜂王在巢细胞边缘同步快速敲打它们的天线的行为。在实验室中启动的30个菌落将分为三种处理：i)从耦合机电设备接收反向AD信号的处理，ii)接收随机信号的处理，以及iii)不受干扰的控制。新出现的成虫的脂肪储存和幼年激素水平将被测量，以表明它们的行为等级：潜在的蚁后两者水平都很高，而工蜂的水平较低。机械应力作为种姓转换调节器的想法是新颖的，本研究的结果可能对我们对动物社会种姓发展的理解产生深远的影响。本科生正在参与并将进一步参与拟议的研究。研究结果将用于设计昆虫行为课程的教学材料。