The ecology and evolution of ant association in the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera)

NE Pierce, MF Braby, A Heath… - Annual review of …, 2002 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The estimated 6000 species of Lycaenidae account for about one third of all
Papilionoidea. The majority of lycaenids have associations with ants that can be facultative …

The evolution of pheromone diversity

MRE Symonds, MA Elgar - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2008 - cell.com
Pheromones are chemical signals whose composition varies enormously between species.
Despite pheromones being a nearly ubiquitous form of communication, particularly among …

[图书][B] Pheromones and animal behavior: chemical signals and signatures

TD Wyatt - 2014 - books.google.com
Pheromones and other kinds of chemical communication underlie the behavior of all
animals. Building on the strengths of the first edition, widely recognized as the leading text in …

[图书][B] Principles of animal communication

JW Bradbury, SL Vehrencamp - 1998 - learninglink.oup.com
Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Sparse and stereotyped encoding implicates a core glomerulus for ant alarm behavior

T Hart, DD Frank, LE Lopes, L Olivos-Cisneros… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Ants communicate via large arrays of pheromones and possess expanded, highly complex
olfactory systems, with antennal lobes in the brain comprising up to∼ 500 glomeruli. This …

Spider sex pheromones: emission, reception, structures, and functions

AC Gaskett - Biological Reviews, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Spiders and their mating systems are useful study subjects with which to investigate
questions of widespread interest about sexual selection, pre‐and post‐copulatory mate …

Trophic specialisation in a predatory group: the case of prey‐specialised spiders (Araneae)

S Pekár, S Toft - Biological Reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Predators appear to be less frequently specialised (ie adapted to restricted diet) on their
prey than herbivores, parasites or parasitoids. Here, we critically evaluate contemporary …

Spider‐ant associations: an updated review of myrmecomorphy, myrmecophily, and myrmecophagy in spiders

PE Cushing - Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides a summary of the extensive theoretical and empirical work that has
been carried out in recent years testing the adaptational significance of various spider‐ant …

Evolution of stenophagy in spiders (Araneae): evidence based on the comparative analysis of spider diets

S Pekár, JA Coddington, TA Blackledge - Evolution, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Stenophagy (narrow diet breadth) represents an extreme of trophic specialization in
carnivores, but little is known about the forces driving its evolution. We used spiders, the …

Recent advances in chemical ecology

JB Harborne - Natural product reports, 1997 - pubs.rsc.org
Alkaloids Phenolics Tannins Bird toxins Induced chemical defence Hormonal interactions
Insect antifeedants Oviposition stimulants and deterrents Pollination interactions Plant-plant …