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Pace-of-life in a social insect: behavioral syndromes in ants shift along a climatic gradient
Udi SegevLars Holm BurkertBarbara FeldmeyerSusanne Foitziksubject
0106 biological sciences0301 basic medicineAggressionEcologymedia_common.quotation_subjectForagingInsectBiologyAnt colony010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciences03 medical and health sciencesBehavioral traitsBehavioral syndrome030104 developmental biologyClimatic gradientmedicineAnimal Science and Zoologymedicine.symptomhuman activitiesEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsPace of lifemedia_commondescription
Lay SummaryLinks between behavioral traits can shift with the local climate. We show that behavioral associations with temperature not only occur across, but also within populations. At warmer sites ant colonies increased their exploration and foraging activity, but were less aggressive. Moreover, at these warmer sites, more positive links were found between behaviors within populations compared to colder sites, where more negative links prevailed. Our study suggests that associations between behaviors shift along climatic gradients.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-06 | Behavioral Ecology |