Sucrose acceptance threshold: A way to measure sugar perception in ants

Variation in the perception of sweet taste is a well-known phenomenon in the animal kingdom. Well-established protocols for measuring sucrose responsiveness in non-social insects and honeybees have made it possible to understand many aspects of their biology and behaviour. Ants are also advanced soc...

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Autores principales:	Falibene, Agustina L., Josens, Roxana Beatriz
Publicado:	2012
Materias:	Ants Licking behaviour Response threshold Sucrose responsiveness Taste adaptation ant behavioral ecology behavioral response developmental biology feeding behavior habitat type honeybee life history perception social insect sucrose sugar taste threshold Animalia Apis mellifera Formicidae Hexapoda
Acceso en línea:	https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00201812_v59_n1_p75_Falibene http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00201812_v59_n1_p75_Falibene
Aporte de:	Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) de Universidad de Buenos Aires

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spelling	paper:paper_00201812_v59_n1_p75_Falibene2023-06-08T14:40:59Z Sucrose acceptance threshold: A way to measure sugar perception in ants Falibene, Agustina L. Josens, Roxana Beatriz Ants Licking behaviour Response threshold Sucrose responsiveness Taste adaptation ant behavioral ecology behavioral response developmental biology feeding behavior habitat type honeybee life history perception social insect sucrose sugar taste threshold Animalia Apis mellifera Formicidae Hexapoda Variation in the perception of sweet taste is a well-known phenomenon in the animal kingdom. Well-established protocols for measuring sucrose responsiveness in non-social insects and honeybees have made it possible to understand many aspects of their biology and behaviour. Ants are also advanced social insects that present a plethora of life histories with diverse strategies and behaviours; however, a universal paradigm possible to measure this response in different ant species has not yet been developed. Here, we present a protocol for measuring the sucrose acceptance threshold (SAT) under controlled conditions in harnessed ants with different feeding habits. By testing the response to antennal and palp sucrose stimulation and using the occurrence of licking as the response, we developed a non-ambiguous evaluation that allowed easy detection of threshold changes. The results showed that the response to both antennal and palp stimulation varied widely among species. Some species licked in response to antennal stimulation while others did so in response to palp stimulation. Using the appropriate kind of stimulation, we tested the SAT protocol in ants of different genera and ants of the same species with different levels of sugar reserve. The differences detected in both cases imply that the protocol is appropriate for measuring and detecting variations in sugar perception in ants. © 2011 International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI). Fil:Falibene, A. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Josens, R. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2012 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00201812_v59_n1_p75_Falibene http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00201812_v59_n1_p75_Falibene
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topic	Ants Licking behaviour Response threshold Sucrose responsiveness Taste adaptation ant behavioral ecology behavioral response developmental biology feeding behavior habitat type honeybee life history perception social insect sucrose sugar taste threshold Animalia Apis mellifera Formicidae Hexapoda
spellingShingle	Ants Licking behaviour Response threshold Sucrose responsiveness Taste adaptation ant behavioral ecology behavioral response developmental biology feeding behavior habitat type honeybee life history perception social insect sucrose sugar taste threshold Animalia Apis mellifera Formicidae Hexapoda Falibene, Agustina L. Josens, Roxana Beatriz Sucrose acceptance threshold: A way to measure sugar perception in ants
topic_facet	Ants Licking behaviour Response threshold Sucrose responsiveness Taste adaptation ant behavioral ecology behavioral response developmental biology feeding behavior habitat type honeybee life history perception social insect sucrose sugar taste threshold Animalia Apis mellifera Formicidae Hexapoda
description	Variation in the perception of sweet taste is a well-known phenomenon in the animal kingdom. Well-established protocols for measuring sucrose responsiveness in non-social insects and honeybees have made it possible to understand many aspects of their biology and behaviour. Ants are also advanced social insects that present a plethora of life histories with diverse strategies and behaviours; however, a universal paradigm possible to measure this response in different ant species has not yet been developed. Here, we present a protocol for measuring the sucrose acceptance threshold (SAT) under controlled conditions in harnessed ants with different feeding habits. By testing the response to antennal and palp sucrose stimulation and using the occurrence of licking as the response, we developed a non-ambiguous evaluation that allowed easy detection of threshold changes. The results showed that the response to both antennal and palp stimulation varied widely among species. Some species licked in response to antennal stimulation while others did so in response to palp stimulation. Using the appropriate kind of stimulation, we tested the SAT protocol in ants of different genera and ants of the same species with different levels of sugar reserve. The differences detected in both cases imply that the protocol is appropriate for measuring and detecting variations in sugar perception in ants. © 2011 International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI).
author	Falibene, Agustina L. Josens, Roxana Beatriz
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title	Sucrose acceptance threshold: A way to measure sugar perception in ants
title_short	Sucrose acceptance threshold: A way to measure sugar perception in ants
title_full	Sucrose acceptance threshold: A way to measure sugar perception in ants
title_fullStr	Sucrose acceptance threshold: A way to measure sugar perception in ants
title_full_unstemmed	Sucrose acceptance threshold: A way to measure sugar perception in ants
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Sucrose acceptance threshold: A way to measure sugar perception in ants

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