A trade-off between number and size within the first workers of the ant Camponotus japonicus

被引：4
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作者：
Hasegawa, Eisuke [1 ]
Imai, Syuichiro [2 ]
机构：
[1] Hokkaido Univ, Grad Sch Agr, Dept Ecol & Systemat, Anim Ecol Lab, Sapporo, Hokkaido 0608589, Japan
[2] Hokkaido Univ, Fac Agr, Lab Appl Zool, Sapporo, Hokkaido 0608589, Japan
来源：
JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY | 2012年 / 30卷 / 01期
关键词：
Trade-off; Founding colony; Social insect; Ant; Camponotus japonicus; HYMENOPTERA;
D O I：
10.1007/s10164-011-0298-5
中图分类号：
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号：
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要：
In social insects, the limited amount of resources during the claustral founding predicts a trade-off between the number and size of the first-generation of workers. Here, we demonstrate this predicted trade-off in founding colonies of the ant Camponotus japonicus. Worker size was found to correlate negatively with the number of first workers produced when the amount of investment was controlled. Both size and number of the first generation of workers increased when a queen invested more resources. We also examined how a queen adjusts the size and number of the first workers depending on her condition.
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页码：201 / 204
页数：4
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