Arthropods Associate with their Red Wood ant Host without Matching Nestmate Recognition Cues
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DOI: 10.1007/s10886-017-0868-2
Abstract: Social insect colonies provide a valuable resource that attracts and offers shelter to a large community of arthropods. Previous research has suggested that many specialist parasites of social insects chemically mimic their host in order… read more here.
Keywords: recognition cues; red wood; host; wood ant ... See more keywords
Not simply red: Colouration of red wood ant Formica rufa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is polymorphic, modular and size-dependent
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DOI: 10.14411/eje.2017.039
Abstract: Insects produce pigment and structural colours mainly for camouflage, signaling, physical protection or temperature regulation, and colour patterns can provide information about individual quality. Although the evolutionary function and nature of the variability in colouration… read more here.
Keywords: wood ant; colouration; size; red wood ... See more keywords
A Re-Inventory after 12 Years—Increase in Red Wood Ant Nests and Woodpecker Cavities in Nests in the West Eifel Volcanic Field despite Climatic Changes
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DOI: 10.3390/f14050985
Abstract: We re-inventoried red wood ant nests (RWA) in 12 study sites (≈1281 ha) in the tectonically active Westeifel Volcanic Field, Germany, in an area-wide and integrated ecosystem approach after 12 years. Combined with the re-identification… read more here.
Keywords: ant nests; volcanic field; woodpecker cavities; red wood ... See more keywords