Quellen Und Literaturhinweise

Quellen und Literaturhinweise

1 Klein, aber oho!

Allgemeine Bücher zu Ameisen

Bellmann H., Bienen, Wespen, Ameisen. Staatenbildende Insekten Mitteleuropas, Franckh Kosmos Verlag, 2017.

Bourke A.F.G., Franks N. R., Social Evolution in Ants, Princeton University Press, 1995.

Fisher B. L., Cover S. P., Ants of North America. A guide to the genera, University of California Press, 2007.

Gordon D, Ants at Work. How an Insect Society Is Organized, Free Press, 2010.

Grätz C., Die fabelhafte Welt der Ameisen. Eine Ameisenumsiedlerin erzählt, Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2019.

Hölldobler B., Wilson E. O., Ameisen. Die Entdeckung einer faszinierenden Welt, Birkhäuser, 2014.

Hölldobler B., Wilson E. O., Auf den Spuren der Ameisen. Die Entdeckung einer faszinierenden Welt, in: Springer Spektrum, 2015.

Hölldobler B., Wilson E. O., Der Superorganismus. Der Erfolg von Ameisen, Bienen, Wespen und Termiten, in: Springer Spektrum, 2015.

Kegel B., Die Ameise als Tramp. Von biologischen Invasionen, DuMont, 2013.

Keller L., Gordon E., The Lives of Ants, Oxford University Press, 2009.

Kirchner W., Die Ameisen. Biologie und Verhalten, C. H. Beck, 2007.

Lebas C., Die Ameisen Europas. Der Bestimmungsführer, Haupt 2019.

Ohl M., Stachel und Staat. Eine leidenschaftliche Naturgeschichte von Bienen, Wespen und Ameisen, Droemer, 2018.

Seifert B., Die Ameisen Mittel- und Nordeuropas, Lutra, 2007.

Es gibt schätzungsweise 10 Billiarden Ameisen

Fittkau E. J., Klinge H., On biomass and trophic structure of the central Amazonian rain forest ecosystem, in: Biotropica (5), 1973, S. 2–14.

Rice E. S. u. a., Dr. Eleanor’s book of common ants, University of Chicago Press, 2017.

Wilson E. O. Hölldobler B., The rise of the ants. A phylogenetic and ecological explanation, in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 102, 2005, S. 7411–7414.

Ameisen gibt es seit mindestens 100 Millionen Jahren

Barden P., Grimaldi D. A., Adaptive Radiation in Socially Advanced Stem-Group Ants from the Cretaceous, in: Current Biology 26, 2016, S. 515–521.

Rabeling C. u. a., Newly discovered sister lineage sheds light on early ant evolution. Proceedings of the Na- tional Academy of Sciences USA 105, 2008, S.14913–14917.

Die Erde kann auf den Menschen verzichten

Holmes B., Earth without humans, New Scientist 192, 2006, S. 36–41.

Weisman A., The world without us, Thomas Dunne Books, 2007.

Ameisen sind wichtig für Ökosysteme

Del Toro I. u. a., The little things that run the world revisited. A review of ant-mediated ecosystem services and disservices (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in: Myrmecological News 17, 2012, S. 133–146

Lach L. u. a. (eds), Ant ecology, Oxford University Press, 2010.

Parr C. L. u. a., Suppression of savanna ants alters invertebrate composition and influences key ecosystem processes, Ecology 97, 2016, S. 1611–1617.

Philpott S. M., Armbrecht I., Biodiversity in tropical agroforests and the ecological role of ants and ant diversity in predatory function, in: Ecological Entomology 31, 2006, S. 369–377.

Way M. J., Khoo K. C., Role of ants in pest management, in: Annual Review of Entomology 37, 1992, S. 479–503.

2 Bring mich zu deiner Chefin!

Weltweit gibt es über 16.000 Ameisenarten, von denen viele noch nicht beschrieben sind

Lau M. K. u. a., Draft Aphaenogaster genomes expand our view of ant genome size variation across climate gradients, in: PeerJ 7, e6447.

Mora C. u. a., How many species are there on earth and in the ocean?, in: PLoS Biology 9, 2011, e1001127.

Larsen B. B. u. a., Inordinate fondness multiplied and redistributed. The number of species on earth and the new pie of life, The Quarterly Review of Biology 92, 2017, S. 229–265.

Wilson E. O., The insect societies, Belknap Press, 2007.

Ameisenkolonien gliedern sich in Kasten

Bourke A.F.G., Franks N. R., Social evolution in ants. Princeton University Press, 1995.

Rajakumar R. u. a., Social regulation of a rudimentary organ generates complex worker-caste systems in ants, in: Nature 562, 2018, 574–577.

Weitekamp C. A. u. a., Genetics and evolution of social behavior in insects. Annual Review of Genetics 51, 2017, S. 219–239.

Wheeler D.E., The developmental basis of worker caste polymorphism in ants, in: American Naturalist 138, 1991, S. 1218–1238.

Wilson E. O., Caste and ecology in the social insects, Princeton University Press, 1978.

Das Geschlecht von Tieren wird auf mannigfache Weise bestimmt

Beukeboon L. W., Perrin N., The Evolution of Sex Determination, Oxford University Press, 2014.

Bachtrog D. u. a., Sex determination. Why so many ways of doing it?, in: PLoS Biology 12, 2014, e1001899.

Shapiro D. Y., Sex‐changing fish as a manipulable system for the study of the determination, differentiation, and stability of sex in vertebrates, in: Journal of Experimental Zoology 256, 1990, S. 132–136.

Viets B. E. u. a., Sex-determining mechanisms in squamate reptiles, in: Journal of Experimental Zoology 270, 1994, S. 45–56.

Weeks A. R. u. a., A mite species that consists entirely of haploid females,in: Science 292, 1994, S. 2479– 2482.

Weibliche Ameisen schlüpfen aus befruchteten Eiern, männliche aus unbefruchteten

Bourke A. F. G., Franks N. R., Social evolution in ants, Princeton University Press, 1995.

Kureck I. u. a., Similar performance of diploid and haploid males in an ant species without inbreeding avoidance, in: Ethology 119, 2013, S. 360–367.

Miyakawa M. O. u. a., The doublesex gene integrates multi-locus complementary sex determination signals in the Japanese ant, Vollenhovia emeryi, in: Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 94, 2018, S. 42–49.

Queller D. C., Theory of genomic imprinting conflict in social insects, in: BMC Evolutionary Biology 3, 2003, S. 15. Trivers R. L., Hare H., Haploidiploidy and the evolution of the social insect, in: Science 191, 1976, S. 249- 63.

Ameisenköniginnen bewahren Spermien in einer Spermientasche auf

Baer B. u. a., Sperm storage induces an immunity cost in ants, in: Nature 44, 2006, S. 872–875.

Chérasse, S., Aron, S., Impact of immune activation on stored sperm viability in ant queens. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B 285:20182248, 2016.

Gotoh A. u. a., Evolution of specialized spermatheca morphology in ant queens: Insight from comparative developmental biology between ants and polistine wasps, in: Arthropod Structure & Development 38, 2009, S. 521-525.

Hölldobler B., Wilson E. O., The Ants, Belknap Press, 1990. den Boer S. P. A. u. a., Prudent sperm use by leaf-cutter ant queens, in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276, 2009, S. 3945–3953.

Ameisenköniginnen können bis zu 30 Jahre alt werden

Keller L., Genoud M., Extraordinary lifespans in ants. A test of evolutionary theories of ageing, in: Nature 389, 1997, S. 958–960.

Kramer B. H., Schaible R., Colony size explains the lifespan differences between queens and workers in eusocial Hymenoptera, in: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 109, 2013, S. 710–724.

Tschinkel, W. R., Lifespan, age, size-specific mortality and dispersion of colonies of the Florida harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius, in: Insectes Sociaux 64, 2017, S. 285–296.

Ameisen entwickeln sich vom Ei über die Larve und Puppe zur adulten Ameise

Hölldobler B., Wilson E. O., The Ants, Belknap Press, 1990.

Schultner E. u. a., The role of brood in eusocial Hymenoptera, in: The Quarterly Review of Biology 92(1), 2017, S. 39–78.

Verza S. S. u. a., Oviposition, life cycle, and longevity of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex rugosus rugosus, in: Insects 8, 2017, S. 80.

Junge Arbeiterinnen übernehmen die Brutpflege, ältere die risikoreicheren Tätigkeiten außerhalb des Nestes

Besher S. N., Fewell J. H., Models of division of labor in social insects, in: Annual Review of Entomolo- gy 46, 2001, S. 413–440.

Kohlmeier, P. u. a., Vitellogenin-like A. Associated shifts in social cue responsiveness regulate behavioral task specialization in an ant, in: Plos Biology 16:e2005747, 2017.

Hölldobler B., Wilson E. O., Ecology and behavior of the primitive cryptobiotic ant Prionopelta amabilis, in: Insectes Sociaux 33, 1986, S. 45–58.

Robinson, G. E., Regulation of division of labor in insect societies, in: Annual Review of Entomology 37, 1992, S. 637–665.

Masuko K., Temporal division of labor among worker in the ponerine ant Amblyopone silvestrii, in: Sociobi- ology 28, 1966, S. 131–151.

Manche Ameisenköniginnen ernähren sich von einem Sekret der Larven

Børgesen L. W., Jensen P. V., Inﬂuence of larvae and workers on egg production of queens of the pharaoh’s ant, Monomorium pharaonis (L.), in: Insectes Sociaux 42, 1995, S. 103–112.

Cassill, D. L., Vinson S. B., Effects of larval secretions on queen fecundity in the fire ant, in: Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100, 2007, S. 327–33.

Eder J., Rembold H. (eds), Chemistry and biology of social insects, Peperny, 2007.

Warner, M. R. u. a., Late-instar ant worker larvae play a prominent role in colony-level caste regulation, in: Insectes Sociaux 63, 2016, S. 575–583.

Die Königin von Stigmatomma silvestrii saugt die Hämolymphe ihrer Larven

Masuko K., Larval hemolymph feeding. A nondestructive parental cannibalism in the primitive ant Amblyopone silvestrii, in: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 19, 1986, S. 249–255.

Masuko K., Larval hemolymph feeding and hemolymph taps in the ant Proceratium itoi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in: Myrmecological News 29, 2019, S. 21–34.

Saux C. u. a., Dracula ant phylogeny as inferred by nuclear 28S rDNA sequences and implications for ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae), in: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33, 2019, S. 457–468.

Von Arbeiterinnen gelegte, trophische Eier werden von der Königin gefressen oder an Larven verfüt- tert

Dijkstra M. B. u. a., Self-restraint and sterility in workers of Acromyrmex and Atta leafcutter ants, in: Insec- tes Sociaux 52, 2005, S. 67–76.

Khila A., Abouheif E., Reproductive constraint is a developmental mechanism that maintains social harmony in advanced ant societies, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 105:17884-17889, 2008.

Bei vielen Ameisenarten werden Arbeiterinnen weniger als ein Jahr alt

Chapuisat M., Keller L., Division of labour influences the rate of ageing in weaver ant workers, in: Procee- dings of the Royal Society B 269, 2002, S. 909–913.

Giraldo Y. M. u. a., Lifespan behavioural and neural resilience in a social insect. Proc R Soc 283:20152603, 2016.

Kohlmeier P. u. a., Intrinsic worker mortality depends on behavioural caste and the queens' presence in a social insect, in: The Science of Nature 104, 2017, S. 34.

Kramer B. H., Schaible R., Colony size explains the lifespan differences between queens and workers in eusocial Hymenoptera, in: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 109, 2013, S. 710–72.

Die meisten Ameisenarten haben einen Giftstachel, nur die Waldameisenartigen nicht

Blanchard B. D., Moreau C. S., Defensive traits exhibit an evolutionary trade-off and drive diversification in ants, in: Evolution 71, 2013, S. 315–328.

Kazuma K. u. a., Combined venom gland transcriptomic and venom peptidomic analysis of the predatory ant Odontomachus monticola, in: Toxins 9, 2013, S. 23.

Der Schmidt-Sting-Pain-Index gibt an, wie schmerzhaft Insektenstiche sind

Schmidt J. O. u. a., Hemolytic activities of stinging insect venoms, Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 1, 1983, S. 155–160.

Evans D. L., Schmidt, J. O., Insect Defenses. Adaptive Mechanisms and Strategies of Prey and Predators, State University of New York Press, 1990.

Manche Ameisenarten haben kleinere Minor- und größere Major Arbeiterinnen

Holley, J. A. C. u. a., Subcaste-specific evolution of head size in the ant genus Pheidole, in: Biological Jour- nal of the Linnean Society 118, 2016, S. 472–485.

Simola D. F. u. a., Epigenetic (re)programming of caste-specific behavior in the ant Camponotus floridanus, in: Science 351, 2006, aac6633.

Wheeler D. E., Nijhout H. F., Soldier determination in ants. New role for juvenile hormone, in: Science 213, 1981, in: 361–363.

Wheeler D. E., The developmental basis of worker caste polymorphism in ants, in: Am Nat 138(5), 1991, S. 1218–1238.

3 Die Geburt eines Volkes

Wer Königin wird, entscheidet vorwiegend die Ernährung im Larvenstadium

Bono J. M., Herbers J. M., Proximate and ultimate control of sex ratios in Myrmica brevispinosa colonies, in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B 270, 2003, S. 811–817.

Buschinger A. (1990) in Social Insects – an Evolutionary Approach to Castes and Reproduction (ed. Engels, W.), Springer, S. 37–57.

Schwander T. u. a., Nature versus nurture in social insect caste differentiation, in: Trends in Ecology & Evo- lution 25, 2010, S. 275–282.

Wheeler D. E., Developmental and physiological determinants of caste in social Hymenoptera – evolutionary implications, in: American Naturalist 128, 1986, S. 13–34.

Ameisenmännchen und Jungköniginnen paaren sich auf dem Hochzeitsflug

Helms J. A., The flight ecology of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in: Myrmecological News 26, 2006, S. 19–30.

Hakala S. M. u. a., Evolution of dispersal in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): A review on the dispersal strategies of sessile superorganisms, in: Myrmecological News 29, 2019, S. 35–55.

Hart A. G. u. a., The spatial distribution and environmental triggers of ant mating flights. Using citizen- science data to reveal national patterns, in: Ecography 41, 2018, S. 877–888.

Ameisenköniginnen paaren sich nur während eines Hochzeitsfluges und da meist nur einmal

Baer B., Proximate and ultimate consequences of polyandry in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in: Myrmecological News 22, 2016, S. 1–9.

Boomsma J. J., Ratnieks F. L. W., Paternity in eusocial Hymenoptera. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 351, 1996, S. 947–975.

Boomsma J. J., Lifetime monogamy and the evolution of eusociality, in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 364, 2009, S. 3191–3207.

Männchen arbeiten nie – sie sind nur für den Sex, also den Genaustausch, nötig

Boomsma J. J. u. a., The evolution of male traits in social insects, in: Annual Review of Entomology 50, . 2005, S. 395–420.

Heinze J., The male has done his work – the male may go, in: Current Opinion in Insect Science 16, 2016, S. 22–27.

Die Kämpfermännchen von Cardiocondyla bleiben im Nest und haben mehrfach Sex

Anderson C. u. a., Live and let die. Why fighter males of the ant Cardiocondyla kill each other, but tolerate their winged rivals, in: Behavioral Ecology 14, 2003, S. 54–62.

Frohschammer S., Heinze J., Male fighting and "territoriality" within colonies of the ant Cardiocondyla venustula, in: Naturwissenschaften 96, 2009, S. 159–163.

Heinze J, Hölldobler B., Fighting for a harem of queens. Physiology of reproduction in Cardiocondyla male ants, in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 90, 1993, S. 8412–8414.

Nach der Paarung gründen Königinnen monogyner Ameisenarten eine Kolonie eigenständig

Cahan S. u. a., An abrupt transition in colony founding behaviour in the ant Messor pergandei, in: Animal Behavior 55, 1998, S. 1583–1594.

Jeanson R., Fewell, J. H., Influence of the social context on division of labor in ant foundress associations. Behavioral Ecology 19, 2008, S. 567–574.

Johnson R. A., Capital and income breeding and the evolution of colony founding strategies in ants., in: In- sectes Sociaux 53, 2006, S. 316–322.

Tsuji K., Tsuji N., Evolution of life history strategies in ants. Variation in queen number and mode of colony founding, Oikos 76, 1996, S. 83–92.

Bei polygynen Völkern kehrt die begattete Jungkönigin ins Heimatnest zurück

Boulay R. u. a., The ecological benefits of larger colony size may promote polygyny in ants, in: Journal of evolutionary biology 27, 2004, S. 2856–2863.

Gill R. J. , Arce A., Polymorphic social organization in an ant, in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276. 2009, S. 4423–4431.

Einige Jungköniginnen dringen in Kolonien fremder Arten an und übernehmen diese

Buschinger A., Social parasitism among ants. A review (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in: Myrmecological News 12, 2009, S. 219–235.

D'Ettorre P. u. a., Blending in with the crowd. Social parasites integrate into their host colonies using a fle- xible chemical signature, in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B 269, 2002, S. 1911–1918.

Chernenko A. u. a., Colony take-over and brood survival in temporary social parasites of the ant genus For- mica, in: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67, 2013, S. 727–735.

4 Anarchisch und effektiv

Die Arbeiterinnen entscheiden, wann und wohin ein Volk umzieht

Burns D. D. R. u. a., The effect of social information on the collective choices of ant colonies, in: Behavioral Ecology 27, 2016, S. 1033–1040.

Franks N. R. u. a., Speed versus accuracy in decision-making ants: Expediting politics and policy implemen- tation, in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B 364, 2016, S. 845–852.

McGlynn T. P., The ecology of nest movement in social insects, in: Annual Review of Entomology 57, 2016, S. 291–308.

Pratt S. C. u. a., Quorum sensing, recruitment, and collective decision-making during colony emigration by the ant Leptothorax albipennis, in: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 52, 1992, S. 117–127.

Das Gehirn der Königin verkümmert nach der Nestgründung

Julian G. E., Gronenberg W., Reduction of brain volume correlates with behavioral changes in queen ants, in: Brain Behavior and Evolution 60, 2002, S. 152–164.

Gronenberg W., Liebig J., Smaller brains and optic lobes in reproductive workers of the ant Harpegnathos, in: Naturwissenschaften 86, 199, S. 343–345.

Die Aktivität der Gene und ihre Erfahrungen bestimmen Charakter und Verhalten einer Ameise

Gospocic J. u. a., The neuropeptide corazonin controls social behavior and caste identity in ants, in: Cell 170, 2017, S. 748.

Jandt J. M. u. a., Behavioural syndromes and social insects. Personality at multiple levels, in: Biological Reviews 89, 2014, S. 48–67.

Jongepier E., Foitzik S., Fitness costs of worker specialisation for ant societies, in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283, 2016, S. 1822.

Kohlmeier P. u. a., Gene expression is more strongly associated with behavioural specialisation than with age or fertility in ant workers, in: Molecular Ecology 28, 2019, S. 658–670.

Ravary F. u. a., Individual experience alone can generate lasting division of labor in ants, in: Current Biology 17, 2007, S. 1308–1312.

Arbeiterinnen sind enger mit ihren Schwestern verwandt als mit der Königin

Bourke A. F. G., Franks N. R., Social evolution in ants, Princeton University Press, 1995.

Sundström L, Sex ratio bias, relatedness asymmetry and queen mating frequency in ants. Nature 367, 1994, S. 266–267.

Eusozialität belohnt selbstloses Verhalten

Pernu T. K., Helantera H., Genetic relatedness and its causal role in the evolution of insect societies, in: Journal of Bioscience 44, 2019, S. 107.

Abbot P. u. a., Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality, in: Nature 471, 2011, E1–E4.

Bourke A. F. G., Hamilton's rule and the causes of social evolution, in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 369, 2014, 20130362.

Wilson E. O., Hölldobler B., Eusociality. Origin and consequences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 102, 2005, S. 13367–13371.

Eusozialität entwickelte sich durch Kooperation von Schwestern oder Mutter und Töchtern

Bourke A. F. G., Franks N. R., Social evolution in ants, Princeton University Press, 1995.

Linksvayer T. A., Wade M. J., The evolutionary origin and elaboration of sociality in the aculeate Hymenop- tera. Maternal effects, sib-social effects, and heterochrony, in: The Quarterly Review of Biology 80, 2005, S. 317–336.

Johnstone, RA Cant, MA Field, J., Sex-biased dispersal, haplodiploidy and the evolution of helping in social insects, in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279, 2012, S. 787–793.

5 Kommunikative Sinnlichkeit

Königinnen von Neoponera inversa erkennen einander chemisch individuell

D'Ettorre P., Heinze J., Individual recognition in ant queens, in: Current Biology 15, 2012, S. 2170–2174.

Ameisen verlassen sich meist mehr auf den Geruchs- als auf den Sehsinn

Gronenberg W., Modality-specific segregation of input to ant mushroom bodies, in: Brain Behavior and Evolution 54, 1999, S. 85–95.

Knaden M., Graham P., The sensory ecology of ant navigation: From natural environments to neural mechanisms, in: Annual Review of Entomology 61, 2014, S. 63–76.

Ameisen riechen und schmecken mit den Fühlern

Boroczky K. u. a., Insects groom their antennae to enhance olfactory acuity, in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 110, 2013, S. 3615–3620.

Draft R. W. u. a., Carpenter ants use diverse antennae sampling strategies to track odor trails, in: Journal of Experimental Biology 221, 2018, UNSP jeb185124.

Guerrieri F. J., d′Ettorre P., Associative learning in ants. Conditioning of the maxilla-labium extension response in Camponotus aethiops, in: Journal of Insect Physiology 56, 2010, S. 88–92.

Drüsen wie die Dufourdrüse produzieren Signalstoffe für eine komplexe chemische Kommunikation

Jackson B. D., Morgan E. D., Insect chemical communication. Pheromones and exocrine glands in ants, in: Chemoecology 4, 1993, 125e144.

Jongepier E. u. a., The ecological success of a social parasite increases with manipulation of collective host behaviour, in: Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28, 2015, S. 2152–2162.

Mitra A., Function of the Dufour's gland in solitary and social Hymenoptera, in: Journal of Hymenopteran Research 35, 2013, S. 33–58.

Jede Ameisenkolonie hat durch kutikulären Kohlenwasserstoffe einen nesttypischen Geruch

Krasnec M. O., Breed M. D., Colony-specific cuticular hydrocarbon profile in Formica argentea ants, in: Journal of Chemical Ecology 39, 2013, S. 59–66.

Sturgis S. J., Gordon D. M., Nestmate recognition in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). A review, in: Myrmecological News 16, 2012, S. 101–110.

Ameisen jeder Kaste und Aufgabe haben einen spezifischen Geruch

Kleeberg I. u. a., The influence of slavemaking lifestyle, caste and sex on chemical profiles in Temnothorax ants. Insights into the evolution of cuticular hydrocarbons, in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284, 2017, S. 1850.

Greene M. J., Gordon D.M., Cuticular hydrocarbons inform task decisions, in: Nature 423, 2003, S. 32.

Arbeiterinnen legen Duftspuren zu Nahrungsquellen

Czaczkes T. J. u. a., Trail pheromones. An integrative view of their role in social insect colony organization, Annual Review of Entomology 60, 2015, S. 581–599.

Wilson E. O., Chemical communication among workers of the fire ant Solenopsis saevissima, in: Animal Behaviour 10, 1962, S. 134–164.

Ameisen führen im Tandemlauf Nestgenossinnen zu neuen Nistgelegenheiten und Futterquellen

Alleman A. u. a., Tandem-running and scouting behavior is characterized by up-regulation of learning and memory formation genes within the ant brain, in: Molecular Ecology 28, 2019, S. 2342–2359.

Franklin E. L., The journey of tandem running. The twists, turns and what we have learned, in: Insectes Sociaux 61, 2014, S. 1-8.

Franks N. R., Richardson T., Teaching in tandem-running ants, in: Nature 439, 2006, S. 153.

Arbeiterinnen tauschen durch Berühren mit den Fühlern Informationen aus

Gordon D. M., Mehdiabadi N. J., Encounter rate and task allocation in harvester ants, in: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 45, 1999, S. 370–377.

Gill K. P. u. a., Density of antennal sensilla influences efficacy of communication in a social insect, in: Ame- rican Naturalist 182, 2013, S. 834–840.

Verschüttete Blattschneiderameisen rufen mit Vibrationen um Hilfe

Markl H., Stridulation in Leaf-Cutting Ants, in: Science 149, 1965, S. 1392–1393.

Pielstrom S., Roces F., Vibrational communication in the spatial organization of collective digging in the leaf-cutting ant Atta vollenweideri, in: Animal Behaviour 84, 2012, S. 743–752.

6 Navigation vom Feinsten

Innerhalb des Nestes orientieren sich Ameisen an Gerüchen, Temperatur und Luftfeuchtigkeit

Heyman Y. u. a., Ants use multiple spatial memories and chemical pointers to navigate their nest, in: iS- cience 14, 2019, S. 264–276.

Roemer D. u. a., Carbon dioxide sensing in the social context. Leaf-cutting ants prefer elevated CO2 levels to tend their brood, in: Journal of Insect Physiology 108, 2018, S. 40–47.

Ameisen errichten Straßen mit Duftleitsystemen

Gordon D. M., Local regulation of trail networks of the arboreal Turtle Ant, Cephalotes goniodontus, in: American Naturalist 190, 2019, E156–E169.

Wilson E. O., Source and possible nature of the odor trail of fire ants, in: Science 129, 1959, S. 643–644.

Steck K., Just follow your nose: Homing by olfactory cues in ants, in: Current Opinion in Neurobiology 22, 2012, S. 231–235.

Die afrikanische Stachelameise Pachycondyla tarsata orientiert sich optisch an der Umgebung

Baader A. P., The significance of visual landmarks for navigation of the tropical ant Paraponera clavata, in: Insectes Sociaux 43, 1996, S. 435–450.

Hölldobler B., Canopy orientation. A new kind of orientation in ants, in: Science 210, 1980, S. 86–88.

Oliveira P. S., Hölldobler B., Orientation and communication in the Neotropical ant Odontomachus bauri Emery, in: Ethology 83, 1989, S. 154–166.

Der Sonnenstand gibt die Richtung vor

Schwarz S. u. a., How Ants Use Vision When Homing Backward, in: Current Biology 27, 2017, S. 401–407.

Die Polarisationsrichtung des Lichts verrät auch bei bedecktem Himmel den Sonnenstand

Lehrer M. (ed), Orientation and communication in arthropods, Birkhäuser, 1997.

Wehner R., Desert ant navigation. How miniature brains solve complex tasks, in: Journal of Comparative Physiology A 189, 2003, S. 579–588.

Wehner R., Müller M., The significance of direct sunlight and polarized skylight in the ant’s celestial system of navigation, in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 103, 2006, S. 12575–12579.

Zeil J. u. a., Polarisation Vision in Ants, Bees and Wasps, Springer, 2014.

Die Wüstenameisen Cataglyphis haben ein internes Navigationssystem mit Home-Funktion

Knaden M., Wehner R., Ant navigation: Resetting the path integrator, in: Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 2006, S. 26–31.

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Ameisen merken sich den Weg auch als filmähnlichen optischen Fluss

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8 Ein Garten fürs Millionenvolk

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9 Ein Baumhaus für den Staat

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10 Die Ameisen und das liebe Vieh

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11 Von Schmarotzern und Sklavenhaltern

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12 Selbst ist der Doc

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13 Auf dem Weg zur Weltherrschaft

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14 Verrückte Viecher

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Die Wächterinnen der Stöpselkopfameise verschließen mit ihren Köpfen den Nesteingang

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Die Holzameisen Camponotus saundersi sprengen sich im Kampf in letzter Konsequenz selbst in die Luft und verteilen dabei Gift

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Tetraponera binghami und Cataulacus muticus trinken bei starkem Regen das eindringende Wasser und spucken oder pinkeln es aus dem Nesteingang

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