Social buffer or avoidance depends on the similarity of stress between queen ants

[EN] The association of unrelated ant queens (pleometrosis) is supposed to improve nest foundation and competitiveness under environmental stress, but its evolutionary maintenance is difficult to explain because only one of the queens survives after nest foundation. My aim was to test the potential...

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Autor: Sanmartín Villar, Iago
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de León
Repositorio:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
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https://hdl.handle.net/10612/25551
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Palabra clave:Biología
Zoología
Fitness
Haplometrosis
Population pressure
Reproductive strategy
Social insects
2408.03 Insectos
2413 Biología de Insectos (Entomología)
2413.03 Ecología de Los Insectos
2401.02 Comportamiento Animal
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spelling Social buffer or avoidance depends on the similarity of stress between queen antsSanmartín Villar, IagoBiologíaZoologíaFitnessHaplometrosisPopulation pressureReproductive strategySocial insects2408.03 Insectos2413 Biología de Insectos (Entomología)2413.03 Ecología de Los Insectos2401.02 Comportamiento Animal[EN] The association of unrelated ant queens (pleometrosis) is supposed to improve nest foundation and competitiveness under environmental stress, but its evolutionary maintenance is difficult to explain because only one of the queens survives after nest foundation. My aim was to test the potential effect of queen association as a social buffer, that is, as a mechanism reducing stress and improving fitness due to the benefits of social contact. I analyzed the survival, fecundity, and behavior of isolated and paired Lasius flavus queens exposed and not exposed to stress-ors (disturbing environmental conditions). I found no difference in survivorship between isolated and paired queens or between stressed and unstressed isolated queens. Groups in which 1 or 2 paired queens were stressed showed higher mortality. Unstressed queens died similarly to their stressed nestmates, suggesting stress transmission. A trend suggested that paired queens produced eggs more quickly, but eggs were produced similarly between isolated and paired queens. Social avoidance was observed in groups with 1 stressed and 1 unstressed queen. However, the groups with 2 stressed queens showed the expected behaviors according to social buffering: lower mobility and more interindividual inspection. My findings suggest the synergistic effect of pleometrosis and stress and the dependence of stress level similarity between nestmates on social buffering or rejection on ant queensSIXunta de Galicia. Axudas de apoio á etapa posdoutoral 2017. Ref: ED481B-2017/034Oxford University PressZoologiaFacultad de Ciencias Biologicas y Ambientales2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://academic.oup.com/cz/article/69/2/181/6572340https://hdl.handle.net/10612/25551reponame:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Leóninstname:Universidad de LeónIngléshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/255512026-06-24T12:43:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Social buffer or avoidance depends on the similarity of stress between queen ants
title Social buffer or avoidance depends on the similarity of stress between queen ants
spellingShingle Social buffer or avoidance depends on the similarity of stress between queen ants
Sanmartín Villar, Iago
Biología
Zoología
Fitness
Haplometrosis
Population pressure
Reproductive strategy
Social insects
2408.03 Insectos
2413 Biología de Insectos (Entomología)
2413.03 Ecología de Los Insectos
2401.02 Comportamiento Animal
title_short Social buffer or avoidance depends on the similarity of stress between queen ants
title_full Social buffer or avoidance depends on the similarity of stress between queen ants
title_fullStr Social buffer or avoidance depends on the similarity of stress between queen ants
title_full_unstemmed Social buffer or avoidance depends on the similarity of stress between queen ants
title_sort Social buffer or avoidance depends on the similarity of stress between queen ants
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sanmartín Villar, Iago
author Sanmartín Villar, Iago
author_facet Sanmartín Villar, Iago
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Zoologia
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas y Ambientales
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biología
Zoología
Fitness
Haplometrosis
Population pressure
Reproductive strategy
Social insects
2408.03 Insectos
2413 Biología de Insectos (Entomología)
2413.03 Ecología de Los Insectos
2401.02 Comportamiento Animal
topic Biología
Zoología
Fitness
Haplometrosis
Population pressure
Reproductive strategy
Social insects
2408.03 Insectos
2413 Biología de Insectos (Entomología)
2413.03 Ecología de Los Insectos
2401.02 Comportamiento Animal
description [EN] The association of unrelated ant queens (pleometrosis) is supposed to improve nest foundation and competitiveness under environmental stress, but its evolutionary maintenance is difficult to explain because only one of the queens survives after nest foundation. My aim was to test the potential effect of queen association as a social buffer, that is, as a mechanism reducing stress and improving fitness due to the benefits of social contact. I analyzed the survival, fecundity, and behavior of isolated and paired Lasius flavus queens exposed and not exposed to stress-ors (disturbing environmental conditions). I found no difference in survivorship between isolated and paired queens or between stressed and unstressed isolated queens. Groups in which 1 or 2 paired queens were stressed showed higher mortality. Unstressed queens died similarly to their stressed nestmates, suggesting stress transmission. A trend suggested that paired queens produced eggs more quickly, but eggs were produced similarly between isolated and paired queens. Social avoidance was observed in groups with 1 stressed and 1 unstressed queen. However, the groups with 2 stressed queens showed the expected behaviors according to social buffering: lower mobility and more interindividual inspection. My findings suggest the synergistic effect of pleometrosis and stress and the dependence of stress level similarity between nestmates on social buffering or rejection on ant queens
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