The relationship between ant-tending and maternal care in the treehopper Publilia modesta

被引：15
作者：
Billick I. [1 ]
Weidmann M. [2 ]
Reithel J. [1 ,3 ]
机构：
[1] Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO 81224
[2] New Orleans, LA 70115
[3] Department of Ecology, University of California, Irvine
来源：
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology | 2001年 / 51卷 / 1期
关键词：
Ant-tending; Competition; Maternal care; Mutualism; Nonadditivity; Treehopper;
D O I：
10.1007/s002650100405
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摘要：
We examined the relationship between maternal care and ant-tending in the treehopper species, Publilia modesta. Ant-tending increased the number of nymphs surviving to adulthood by approximately fivefold. Maternal care increased the number of nymphs surviving to adulthood by approximately 50% in the presence of ants. Maternal care had either no effect or the opposite effect in the absence of ants; when ants were not present survivorship was 30% lower in the presence of mothers. Maternal care increased the average number of ants tending nymph aggregations approximately threefold early in the summer; consequently, we suggest that the primary benefit of maternal care is to attract ants while nymphs are small and few in number. Because there was no benefit of maternal care in the absence of ants, we conclude that ant-tending provides an ecological context that favors maternal care in this treehopper species.
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