Cooperation is beneficial for social groups and is exemplified in its most sophisticated form in social insects. In particular, eusocial Hymenoptera, like ants and honey bees, exhibit a level of cooperation only rarely matched by other animals. To assure effective defense of group members, foes need to be recognized reliably. Ants use low-volatile, colony-specific profiles of cuticular hydrocarbons (colony odor) to discriminate colony members (nestmates) from foreign workers (non-nestmates). For colony recognition, it is assumed that multi-component colony odors are compared to a neuronal template, located in a so far unidentified part of the nervous system, where a mismatch results in aggression. Alternatively, a sensory filter in the peri...
Successful treatment of infectious diseases is increasingly challenging, as emergence and spread of ...
There is evidence that pheromones are communicative signals in animals. However, the existence and f...
Larvae of the common cockchafer (M. melolontha L.) are important agricultural pests in Europe, due t...
The behavior of honeybees and bumblebees relies on a constant sensory integration of abiotic or biot...
According to a changing environment it is crucial for animals to make experience and learn about it....
Leaf-cutting ants have a highly developed thermal sense which the insects use to regulate the own bo...
An adequate task allocation among colony members is of particular importance in large insect societi...
Animals form perceptual associations through processes of learning, and retain that information thro...
The olfactory sense is of utmost importance for honeybees, Apis mellifera. Honeybees use olfaction f...
Pollinating insects exhibit a complex behavior while foraging for nectar and pollen. Many studies ha...
Addiction, as a chronic and relapsing condition, is defined as a disorder of the brain, characterize...
On one hand, the visual system has the ability to differentiate between very similar objects. On th...
In daily life, olfactory stimuli are potential generators of affective states, but also have a stron...
Behavioural traits were assumed to be the most flexible traits in animals (Briffa et al. 2008). Howe...
Foraging behavior is a particularly fascinating topic within the studies of social insects. Decision...
Successful treatment of infectious diseases is increasingly challenging, as emergence and spread of ...
There is evidence that pheromones are communicative signals in animals. However, the existence and f...
Larvae of the common cockchafer (M. melolontha L.) are important agricultural pests in Europe, due t...
The behavior of honeybees and bumblebees relies on a constant sensory integration of abiotic or biot...
According to a changing environment it is crucial for animals to make experience and learn about it....
Leaf-cutting ants have a highly developed thermal sense which the insects use to regulate the own bo...
An adequate task allocation among colony members is of particular importance in large insect societi...
Animals form perceptual associations through processes of learning, and retain that information thro...
The olfactory sense is of utmost importance for honeybees, Apis mellifera. Honeybees use olfaction f...
Pollinating insects exhibit a complex behavior while foraging for nectar and pollen. Many studies ha...
Addiction, as a chronic and relapsing condition, is defined as a disorder of the brain, characterize...
On one hand, the visual system has the ability to differentiate between very similar objects. On th...
In daily life, olfactory stimuli are potential generators of affective states, but also have a stron...
Behavioural traits were assumed to be the most flexible traits in animals (Briffa et al. 2008). Howe...
Foraging behavior is a particularly fascinating topic within the studies of social insects. Decision...
Successful treatment of infectious diseases is increasingly challenging, as emergence and spread of ...
There is evidence that pheromones are communicative signals in animals. However, the existence and f...
Larvae of the common cockchafer (M. melolontha L.) are important agricultural pests in Europe, due t...