Sucking pump activity in feeding behaviour regulation in carpenter ants

Modulation of liquid feeding-rate would allow insects to ingest more food in the same time when this was required. Ants can vary nectar intake rate by increasing sucking pump frequency according to colony requirements. We analysed electrical signals generated by sucking pump activity of ants during...

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Autores principales: Falibene, A., de Figueiredo Gontijo, A., Josens, R.
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Ant
Feeding behaviour
Nectar foraging
Starvation
Sucking pump
ant
concentration (composition)
feeding behavior
food consumption
foraging behavior
animal
animal communication
article
female
male
physiology
sucking
Animal Communication
Animals
Ants
Feeding Behavior
Female
Male
Sucking Behavior
Camponotus
Formicidae
Hexapoda
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spelling todo:paper_00221910_v55_n6_p518_Falibene2023-10-03T14:28:17Z Sucking pump activity in feeding behaviour regulation in carpenter ants Falibene, A. de Figueiredo Gontijo, A. Josens, R. Ant Feeding behaviour Nectar foraging Starvation Sucking pump ant concentration (composition) feeding behavior food consumption foraging behavior animal animal communication ant article feeding behavior female male physiology sucking Animal Communication Animals Ants Feeding Behavior Female Male Sucking Behavior Camponotus Formicidae Hexapoda Modulation of liquid feeding-rate would allow insects to ingest more food in the same time when this was required. Ants can vary nectar intake rate by increasing sucking pump frequency according to colony requirements. We analysed electrical signals generated by sucking pump activity of ants during drinking solutions of different sucrose concentrations and under different carbohydrate-deprivation levels. Our aim was to define parameters that characterize the recordings and analyse their relationship with feeding behaviour. Signals showed that the initial and final frequencies of sucking pump activity, as well as the difference between them were higher in sugar-deprived ants. However, these parameters were not influenced by sucrose solution concentration, which affected the number of pump contractions and the volume per contraction. Unexpectedly, we found two different responses in feeding behaviour of starved and non-starved ants depending on concentration. Starved ants drank dilute solutions for the same length of time as non-starved ants but ingested higher volumes. While drinking the concentrated solutions, starved ants drank the same volume, but did so in a shorter time than the non-starved ones. Despite these differences, for each analysed concentration the total number of pump contractions remained constant independently of sugar-deprivation level. These results are discussed in the frame of feeding regulation and decision making in ant foraging behaviour. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 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. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00221910_v55_n6_p518_Falibene
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topic Ant
Feeding behaviour
Nectar foraging
Starvation
Sucking pump
ant
concentration (composition)
feeding behavior
food consumption
foraging behavior
animal
animal communication
ant
article
feeding behavior
female
male
physiology
sucking
Animal Communication
Animals
Ants
Feeding Behavior
Female
Male
Sucking Behavior
Camponotus
Formicidae
Hexapoda
spellingShingle Ant
Feeding behaviour
Nectar foraging
Starvation
Sucking pump
ant
concentration (composition)
feeding behavior
food consumption
foraging behavior
animal
animal communication
ant
article
feeding behavior
female
male
physiology
sucking
Animal Communication
Animals
Ants
Feeding Behavior
Female
Male
Sucking Behavior
Camponotus
Formicidae
Hexapoda
Falibene, A.
de Figueiredo Gontijo, A.
Josens, R.
Sucking pump activity in feeding behaviour regulation in carpenter ants
topic_facet Ant
Feeding behaviour
Nectar foraging
Starvation
Sucking pump
ant
concentration (composition)
feeding behavior
food consumption
foraging behavior
animal
animal communication
ant
article
feeding behavior
female
male
physiology
sucking
Animal Communication
Animals
Ants
Feeding Behavior
Female
Male
Sucking Behavior
Camponotus
Formicidae
Hexapoda
description Modulation of liquid feeding-rate would allow insects to ingest more food in the same time when this was required. Ants can vary nectar intake rate by increasing sucking pump frequency according to colony requirements. We analysed electrical signals generated by sucking pump activity of ants during drinking solutions of different sucrose concentrations and under different carbohydrate-deprivation levels. Our aim was to define parameters that characterize the recordings and analyse their relationship with feeding behaviour. Signals showed that the initial and final frequencies of sucking pump activity, as well as the difference between them were higher in sugar-deprived ants. However, these parameters were not influenced by sucrose solution concentration, which affected the number of pump contractions and the volume per contraction. Unexpectedly, we found two different responses in feeding behaviour of starved and non-starved ants depending on concentration. Starved ants drank dilute solutions for the same length of time as non-starved ants but ingested higher volumes. While drinking the concentrated solutions, starved ants drank the same volume, but did so in a shorter time than the non-starved ones. Despite these differences, for each analysed concentration the total number of pump contractions remained constant independently of sugar-deprivation level. These results are discussed in the frame of feeding regulation and decision making in ant foraging behaviour. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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author Falibene, A.
de Figueiredo Gontijo, A.
Josens, R.
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de Figueiredo Gontijo, A.
Josens, R.
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title Sucking pump activity in feeding behaviour regulation in carpenter ants
title_short Sucking pump activity in feeding behaviour regulation in carpenter ants
title_full Sucking pump activity in feeding behaviour regulation in carpenter ants
title_fullStr Sucking pump activity in feeding behaviour regulation in carpenter ants
title_full_unstemmed Sucking pump activity in feeding behaviour regulation in carpenter ants
title_sort sucking pump activity in feeding behaviour regulation in carpenter ants
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