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Mutual Use of Trail-Following Chemical Cues by a Termite Host and Its Inquiline

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    0427649 - ÚOCHB 2015 RIV US eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
    Cristaldo, Paulo Fellipe - DeSouza, O. - Krasulová, Jana - Jirošová, Anna - Kutalová, Kateřina - Lima, E. R. - Šobotník, Jan - Sillam-Dusses, D.
    Mutual Use of Trail-Following Chemical Cues by a Termite Host and Its Inquiline.
    PLoS ONE. Roč. 9, č. 1 (2014), e85315/1-e85315/9. ISSN 1932-6203. E-ISSN 1932-6203
    Institucionální podpora: RVO:61388963
    Klíčová slova: inquilinism * trail-following behaviour * termite association * Termitidae * chemical ecology
    Kód oboru RIV: CC - Organická chemie
    Impakt faktor: 3.234, rok: 2014
    http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0085315

    Termite nests are often secondarily inhabited by other termite species (= inquilines) that cohabit with the host. To understand this association, we studied the trail-following behaviour in two Neotropical species, Constrictotermes cyphergaster (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) and its obligatory inquiline, Inquilinitermes microcerus (Termitidae: Termitinae). Using behavioural experiments and chemical analyses, we determined that the trail-following pheromone of C. cyphergaster is made of neocembrene and (3Z, 6Z, 8E)-dodeca-3,6,8-trien-1-ol. Although no specific compound was identified in I. microcerus, workers were able to follow the above compounds in behavioural bioassays. Interestingly, in choice tests, C. cyphergaster prefers conspecific over heterospecific trails while I. microcerus shows the converse behaviour. In no-choice tests with whole body extracts, C. cyphergaster showed no preference for, while I. microcerus clearly avoided heterospecific trails. This seems to agree with the hypothesis that trail-following pheromones may shape the cohabitation of C. cyphergaster and I. microcerus and reinforce the idea that their cohabitation is based on conflict-avoiding strategies.
    Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0233169

     
     
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