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Reproductives and eggs trigger worker vibration in a subterranean termite
In insect societies, the presence of reproductives or eggs has been shown to shape several biological traits in the colony members. Social interactions are one of these traits that involve modification of the communication system of the entire colony. Many studies described the role of chemical comp...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7319145/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32607198 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6325 |
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author | Ruhland, Fanny Moulin, Marion Choppin, Marina Meunier, Joël Lucas, Christophe |
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description | In insect societies, the presence of reproductives or eggs has been shown to shape several biological traits in the colony members. Social interactions are one of these traits that involve modification of the communication system of the entire colony. Many studies described the role of chemical compounds and dominance behaviors in the presence of reproductive but vibratory behaviors received very few investigations. Yet, vibratory behaviors are ideal candidates, particularly for subterranean species like termites, as they could be quickly transmitted through the substrate and could be very diversified (origin, modulation). Here, we investigated whether the presence of reproductives/eggs affects the vibratory behavior (body‐shaking) of workers in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes. Our results reveal that the presence of reproductives or eggs triggers an increase of workers' body‐shaking, independent of their colony of origin after 24 hr. We hypothesize that vibratory communication could be used to transfer information about the presence of reproductives and eggs to the entire colony, suggesting that vibratory behaviors could serve as an important yet neglected mediator of social regulation. |
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spelling | pubmed-73191452020-06-29 Reproductives and eggs trigger worker vibration in a subterranean termite Ruhland, Fanny Moulin, Marion Choppin, Marina Meunier, Joël Lucas, Christophe Ecol Evol Original Research In insect societies, the presence of reproductives or eggs has been shown to shape several biological traits in the colony members. Social interactions are one of these traits that involve modification of the communication system of the entire colony. Many studies described the role of chemical compounds and dominance behaviors in the presence of reproductive but vibratory behaviors received very few investigations. Yet, vibratory behaviors are ideal candidates, particularly for subterranean species like termites, as they could be quickly transmitted through the substrate and could be very diversified (origin, modulation). Here, we investigated whether the presence of reproductives/eggs affects the vibratory behavior (body‐shaking) of workers in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes. Our results reveal that the presence of reproductives or eggs triggers an increase of workers' body‐shaking, independent of their colony of origin after 24 hr. We hypothesize that vibratory communication could be used to transfer information about the presence of reproductives and eggs to the entire colony, suggesting that vibratory behaviors could serve as an important yet neglected mediator of social regulation. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7319145/ /pubmed/32607198 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6325 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Ruhland, Fanny Moulin, Marion Choppin, Marina Meunier, Joël Lucas, Christophe Reproductives and eggs trigger worker vibration in a subterranean termite |
title | Reproductives and eggs trigger worker vibration in a subterranean termite |
title_full | Reproductives and eggs trigger worker vibration in a subterranean termite |
title_fullStr | Reproductives and eggs trigger worker vibration in a subterranean termite |
title_full_unstemmed | Reproductives and eggs trigger worker vibration in a subterranean termite |
title_short | Reproductives and eggs trigger worker vibration in a subterranean termite |
title_sort | reproductives and eggs trigger worker vibration in a subterranean termite |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7319145/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32607198 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6325 |
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