Nest relocation in the slavemaking ants Formica subintegra and Formica pergandei: a response to host nest availability that increases raiding success

2014 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Apple ◽  
S. L. Lewandowski ◽  
J. L. Levine
Keyword(s):  
Host Nest ◽  
Nest Relocation ◽  
Slavemaking Ants ◽  
Nest Availability

scholarly journals Egg-spot matching in common cuckoo parasitism of the oriental reed warbler: effects of host nest availability and egg rejection

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Donglai Li ◽  
Yanan Ruan ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
Alan K. Chang ◽  
Dongmei Wan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Egg Rejection ◽  
Reed Warbler ◽  
Common Cuckoo ◽  
Host Nest ◽  
Nest Availability

THE ECOLOGY OF SLAVEMAKING ANTS AND THEIR HOSTS IN NORTH TEMPERATE FORESTS

Ecology ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan M. Herbers ◽  
Susanne Foitzik
Keyword(s):  
Temperate Forests ◽  
Slavemaking Ants

Nest Relocation

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Sarah Bengston ◽  
Terry McGlynn
Keyword(s):  
Nest Relocation

A thermophile in the shade: light-directed nest relocation in the Costa Rican ant Ectatomma ruidum

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 559-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terrence P. McGlynn ◽  
Toyin Dunn ◽  
Ellen Wayman ◽  
Andrea Romero
Keyword(s):  
Food Availability ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Light Environment ◽  
Manipulative Experiment ◽  
Ant Colonies ◽  
Nest Location ◽  
First Report ◽  
Nest Relocation ◽  
Ectatomma Ruidum ◽  
Tropical Climates

In tropical climates, nest movements by mature ant colonies are probably widespread but the phenomenon of nest relocation is poorly described (McGlynn 2007, McGlynn et al. 2004, Smallwood 1982a). For species that nest in soil, the costs and risks associated with excavating and establishing new nests are consequential, and it is assumed that relocation occurs when the costs are offset by a more advantageous nest location (Avargues-Weber & Monnin 2009, Banschbach & Herbers 1999). Nest movements may occur to areas with greater availability of food resources or to a more favourable microclimate. Here we provide the first report of nest relocation in one of the most widespread and well described ant species in the Neotropics, Ectatomma ruidum (Roger), and we perform a manipulative experiment to test whether food availability or light environment influence nest movement.

Non-mimetic shiny cowbird nestlings escape discrimination by baywings in absence of host nest mates

2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan M. Rojas Ripari ◽  
Luciano N. Segura ◽  
Juan C. Reboreda ◽  
María C. De Mársico
Keyword(s):  
Host Nest
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