ISSN:
1420-9098
Schlagwort(e):
Attraction
;
sexual pheromone
;
Formica lugubris
;
ant
;
mating communication
Quelle:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Thema:
Biologie
Notizen:
Summary Sexuals ofFormica lugubris fly to mating places, where females attract males by using a sex pheromone. Females collected on the nest surface before departing on a mating flight are much less attractive than those collected on the mating place after the mating flight, suggesting that the mating flight triggers the release of the sex pheromone. Olfactory cues are essential for males to locate females while they patrol. Males probably use visual cues to locate females once they have alighted nearby them. Males are also attracted by aggregations of other males on the ground, probably because one or several females are likely to be close to male aggregations.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01242368
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