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| Content Provider | Springer Nature Link |
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| Author | Detrain, C. Tasse, O. Versaen, M. Pasteels, J. M. |
| Copyright Year | 2000 |
| Abstract | The ant Messor barbarus is a major seed predator on annual grasslands of the Mediterranean area. This paper is an attempt to relate the foraging ecology of this species to resource availability and to address several predictions of optimal foraging theory under natural conditions of seed harvesting.¶Spatial patterns of foraging trails tended to maximise acquisition of food resources, as trails led the ants to areas where seeds were more abundant locally. Moreover, harvesting activity concentrated on highly frequented trails, on which seeds were brought into the nest in larger numbers and more efficiently, at a higher mean rate per worker.¶The predictions of optimal foraging theory that ants should be more selective in both more resource-rich and more distant patches were tested in the native seed background. We confirm that selectivity of ants is positively related to trail length and thus to distance from the nest of foraged seeds. Conversely, we fail to find a consistent relationship between selectivity and density or species diversity of seed patches. We discuss how selectivity assessed at the colony level may depend on factors other than hitherto reported behavioural changes in seed choice by individual foragers. |
| Starting Page | 56 |
| Ending Page | 62 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | |
| ISSN | 00201812 |
| Journal | Insectes Sociaux |
| Volume Number | 47 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| e-ISSN | 14209098 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Birkhäuser Verlag |
| Publisher Date | 2000-02-01 |
| Publisher Place | Basel |
| Access Restriction | One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Insect Science |
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