O efeito inimigo íntimo é aplicável a Dinoponera quadríceps (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)?
AUTOR(ES)
Isabelli de Carvalho Moreno
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2010
RESUMO
Food access, territory or reproductive partner can generate conflicts between individuals in many species with occurrence of aggressive behaviors. However some species respond less aggressively to intrusion by neighbors than non-neighbors in its territory to minimize the costs of continuous fight. This difference in aggression is called Dear Enemy Effect described in various vertebrates and invertebrates. To investigate if this phenomenon occurs in Dinoponera quadriceps (Hymenopetra, Formicidae) three colonies, two neighbors and one non-neighbor, were captured in its natural environment then transfered to the laboratory where we did experimental confrontation intra and inter colonies involving one pair of workers. We compared the behavioral frequency exhibited by each worker, the intensity and duration of the confrontation between a neighbor and a non-neighbor referring the place where they were collected. Our results revealed that Dear Enemy Effect does not apply to D. quadriceps due aggressive response is more intense and longest toward neighbor than non-neighbor, probably due intra specific competition, ecological factors and characteristic of the species
ASSUNTO(S)
efeito inimigo íntimo agressão hymenoptera formicidae dinoponera quadriceps ciencias biologicas dear enemy effect aggression hymenoptera formicidae dinoponera quadríceps
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