... with transport. Previous research has focused on transport across horizontal surfaces and very shallow inclines, disregarding the complexity of natural foraging environments. In the ant Oecophylla smaragdina , prey are routinely carried up tree trunks to arboreal nests. Using this species, we induced collective...

...Frederik Püffel; Flavio Roces; David Labonte ABSTRACT Atta leaf-cutter ants are the prime herbivore in the Neotropics: differently sized foragers harvest plant material to grow a fungus as a crop. Efficient foraging involves complex interactions between worker size, task preferences and plant...

... by sensory information provided by both the leg contact with the leaf edge and the lateral bending of the head. Atta sexdens Foraging Herbivory Mechanosensory hairs Behavioural plasticity Cutting geometry University of Würzburg http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100008769...

...Megan Elizabeth Deeter; Lucy A. Snyder; Charlotte Meador; Vanessa Corby-Harris ABSTRACT Honey bee abdominal lipids decline with age, a change thought to be associated with the onset of foraging behavior. Stressors, such as pesticides, may accelerate this decline by mobilizing internal lipid...

...Camille Mirmiran; Maia Fraser; Leonard Maler ABSTRACT We analyzed the trajectories of freely foraging Gymnotus sp., a pulse-type gymnotiform weakly electric fish, swimming in a dark arena. For each fish, we compared the its initial behavior as it learned the relative location of landmarks and food...

... pollinators. Research into bee behaviour and foraging decisions has typically centred on managed eusocial bee species, including Apis mellifera and Bombus terrestris . Non-eusocial bees are understudied with respect to foraging strategies and decision making, such as flower preferences. Understanding whether...

... source is longer, which increases efficiency, as does stochasticity in the decision-making process. Drosophila Olfactory search Foraging Moore/Sloan Washington Research Foundation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100001906 Sackler National Institute...

... túngara frogs and fringe-lipped bats generally rely on acoustic mating signals to find male túngara frogs in a mating or foraging context, respectively. However, two additional cues (vocal sac inflation and water ripples) can enhance detection and choice behavior. To date, we do not know the natural...

... to consume relatively less L, which could be linked to low carotenoid absorption and transport as well as poor signal coloration. Sex-specific macronutrient foraging strategies have been previously observed in free-ranging birds ( Machovsky-Capuska et al., 2016b ). In our study, females in the MN group...

... to enhance foraging success or mitigate food-poor environments. Fig. 2. Larval speed PDFs across treatments. PDFs (A) of the data ( V obs ) and (B) from best fits to the data ( V fit ) with Eqn 2. The fitting parameter σ for each curve in B is shown in Table 2 . Treatments shown include previously...

... delayed matching-to-sample tasks. Honey bees potentially process temporal signals during foraging activities, but the extent to which they can use such information is unclear. Here, we investigated whether free-flying honey bees could use either illumination colour or illumination duration as potential...

...Rikesh Jain; Axel Brockmann ABSTRACT We performed an RNA-seq-based comparison of gene expression levels in the antennae of honey bee drones and time-trained foragers (workers) collected at different times of the day and different activity states. Interestingly, olfaction-related genes [i.e. odorant...

... the outward journey, but not as effective when facing in the opposite direction on the homeward journey. We further showed that foraging routes improved through individual experience over multiple trips but not through the social transfer of route information via tandem running. We discuss our findings...

... of disease vector mosquito larvae showed that each species exhibited strikingly different exploration behaviors. However, species behaved similarly when navigating to preferred cues. Chemosensory Disease vector Chemotaxis Olfaction Gustation Foraging Mosquitoes are global disease vectors...

... change. Recently, animal-borne video cameras have revealed the diet of marine mammals that make short foraging trips. However, novel approaches that allocate video time to target prey capture events is required to obtain diet information for species that make long foraging trips over great distances. We...

... concentration of several amino acids, indicating a potential dispersal–foraging trade-off. As a possible consequence of this lower food intake, dispersers also laid smaller eggs. Responses to tomato were consistent with this plant being a stressor for T . urticae , including reduced fecundity and reduced...

... a derived processing mechanism where prey items are rasped rhythmically against the dentition on the mouth roof, driven by a loop motion of the tongue. Foraging Manipulation Mastication Tongue Palatal dentition Amphibia Food processing involves any type of mechanical manipulation of food...

.... The feeding kinematics differed between feeding strategies and prey types, showing that Hawaiian monk seals adjusted their behaviors to particular feeding contexts. Hawaiian monk seals are opportunistic marine predators and their ability to adapt their feeding strategy and behavior to specific foraging...

... recording sound on-board animals concern their vocal behaviour. When are they calling? How do they adjust their behaviour? What acoustic parameters do they change and how? However, other topics like foraging behaviour, social interactions or environmental acoustics can now be addressed as well and offer...

... and foraging for bats that need echolocation to both navigate and detect prey, and can result in higher flight costs due to increased metabolic rates. Using playback experiments at natural roosts, we tested whether two bat species, differing in their hunting strategies and foraging habitats, use rain noise...