RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FORAGING EFFICIENCY AND SIZE OF HEAD AND COMPONENT BRAIN AND SENSORY STRUCTURES IN RED WOOD ANT

被引：41

作者：

BERNSTEIN, S

BERNSTEIN, RA

机构：

[1] Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich

来源：

BRAIN RESEARCH | 1969年 / 16卷 / 01期

基金：

美国国家卫生研究院;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1016/0006-8993(69)90087-0

中图分类号：

Q189 [神经科学];

学科分类号：

071006 ;

摘要：

The aim of this study was to investigate possible relationships within the worker population of a single red wood ant nest (Formica rufa), between measures of size and measures of terrestrial foraging efficiency. Significant correlations were found, for a sample of 45 workers from this nest, between efficiency of navigation through a complex maze, and the size of the head and of certain component nervous and sensory structures. The component structures were of two types: the external sensory receptor areas, and the calyces of the corpora pedunculata (mushroom bodies) of the brain. Correlations with efficiency for other size measures from brain structures and from a leg were not significant. Possible bases for the size-efficiency relationships were discussed, in terms of the factors known to influence size and foraging behavior in wood ants. © 1969.

引用

页码：85 / +

页数：1

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