The old ladies of the seed harvester ant Pogonomyrmex Rugosus: Foraging performed by two groups of workers

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-226

  Oettler, Jan ^a,c   Johnson, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age polyethism; Forager; Nest maintenance workers; Pogonomyrmex rugosus; Recruited foragers

Indexed keywords

POGONOMYRMEX RUGOSUS;

EID: 67650391338     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-008-9167-7     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. RS Camargo LC Forti JFS Lopes APP Andrade ALT Ottati 2007 Age polyethism in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus Forel, 1911 (Hym., Formicidae) J Appl Entomol 131 139 145 (Pubitemid 46376303)
2. JM Erickson 1972 Mark-recapture techniques for population estimates of Pogonomyrmex ant colonies: an evaluation of the 32P technique Ann Entomol Soc Am 65 57 61
3. J Gadau CP Strehl J Oettler B Hölldobler 2003 Determinants of intracolonial relatedness in Pogonomyrmex rugosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): mating frequency and brood raids Mol Ecol 12 1931 1938 (Pubitemid 36815026)
4. FB Golley JB Gentry 1964 Bioenergetics of the southern harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius Ecology 45 217 225
5. DM Gordon 1989 Dynamics of task switching in harvester ants Anim Behav 38 194 204 (Pubitemid 20419778)
6. DM Gordon B Hölldobler 1987 Worker longevity in harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex) Psyche 94 341 346
7. B Hölldobler 1976 Recruitment behavior, home range orientation and territoriality in harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex Behav Ecol Sociobiol 1 3 44
8. Hölldobler B, Wilson EO (1990) The ants. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
9. KK Ingram P Oefner DM Gordon 2005 Task-specific expression of the foraging gene in harvester ants Mol Ecol 14 813 818 (Pubitemid 40346472)
10. RA Johnson 1991 Comparative foraging efficiency of two desert seed-harvester ants: effects of learning and memory Ecology 72 1408 1419
11. WP MacKay 1981 A comparison of the nest phenologies of three species of Pogonomyrmex harvester ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Psyche 88 25 74
12. WP MacKay 1983 Stratification of workers in harvester ant nests (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) J Kans Entomol Soc 56 538 542
13. PS Newey SKA Robson RH Crozier 2008 Near-infrared spectroscopy identifies the colony and nest of origin of weaver ants, Oecophylla smaragdina Insectes Soc 55 171 175
14. SD Porter CD Jorgensen 1981 Foragers of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex owyheei: a disposable caste? Behav Ecol Sociobiol 9 247 256
15. SW Rissing 1989 Long-term regulation of the foraging response in a social insect colony (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Pogonomyrmex) J Insect Behav 2 255 259
16. GE Robinson 1992 Regulation of division of labor in insect societies Annu Rev Entomol 37 637 665 (Pubitemid 24406665)
17. GE Robinson RE Page 1989 Genetic determination of nectar foraging, pollen foraging, and nest-site scouting in honey bee colonies Behav Ecol Sociobiol 24 317 323
18. GE Robinson RE Page C Strambi A Strambi 1992 Colony integration in honey-bees: mechanisms of behavioral reversion Ethology 90 336 348
19. L Rogers R Lavigne JL Miller 1972 Bioenergetics of the western harvester ant in the shortgrass plains ecosystem Environ Entomol 1 763 768
20. TD Seeley 1982 Adaptive significance of the age polyethism schedule in honeybee colonies Behav Ecol Sociobiol 11 287 293
21. TD Seeley SA Kolmes 1991 Age polyethism for hive duties in honey bees-illusion or reality? Ethology 87 284 297
22. CR Smith 2007 Energy use and allocation in the Florida harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius: are stored seeds a buffer? Behav Ecol Sociobiol 61 1479 1487 (Pubitemid 46944574)
23. Sokal RR, Rohlf FJ (1981) Biometry: the principles and practice of statistics in biological research. Freeman, San Francisco
24. SPSS, I.n.c. (1990) SPSS reference guide. SPSS, Chicago, Illinois
25. JFA Traniello RB Rosengaus 1997 Ecology, evolution and division of labour in social insects Anim Behav 53 209 213
26. WR Tschinkel 1998 Sociometry and sociogenesis of colonies of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius: worker characteristics in relation to colony size and season Insectes Soc 45 385 410 (Pubitemid 28560331)
27. WR Tschinkel 1999 Sociometry and sociogenesis of colonies of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius: distribution of workers, brood and seeds within the nest in relation to colony size and season Ecol Entomol 24 222 237 (Pubitemid 29235578)
28. VL Wildermuth EG Davis 1931 The red harvester ant and how to subdue it Farmer's Bull 1668 1 21
29. EO Wilson 1953 The origin and evolution of polymorphism in ants Q Rev Biol 28 136 156
30. EO Wilson 1978 Division of labor in fire ants based on physical castes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Solenopsis) J Kans Entomol Soc 51 615 636