Evidence for collective medication in ants

By P. Christe, A. Oppliger, Francesco Bancalà, Grégoire Castella, M. Chapuisat. 2003

178 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. J. Abbott
2. Yanping Chen
3. Jay D. Evans
4. P. Christe
5. M. Chapuisat
6. R. Moritz
7. R. Baucom
8. J. C. Roode

In Genetics

1. J. Abbott
2. Yanping Chen
3. Jay D. Evans
4. M. Chapuisat
5. R. Moritz
6. R. Baucom
7. J. C. Roode

In Insect Science

1. J. Abbott
2. Yanping Chen
3. Jay D. Evans
4. M. Chapuisat
5. D. Hultmark
6. R. Moritz
7. J. Imler
8. C. Hétru

Citations in the corpus

• Pathogen-associated self-medication behavior in the honeybee Apis mellifera (2014, background): “Resin inhibits growth of bacteria and fungi in nest material and protects the ants against harmful microorganisms (Christe et al. 2003; Chapuisat et al. 2007).”
• Soil invertebrates as ecosystem engineers: Intended and accidental effects on soil and feedback loops (2006, background): “The high-energy input by the ants favours the growth of heterotrophic decomposer microbes but might also increase exposure to pathogens (Laakso and Setälä, 1998; SchmidHempel, 1998; Christe et al., 2003).”
• Prophylaxis with resin in wood ants (2008, background): “Resin inhibits bacteria and fungi (Christe et al. 2003), increases the survival of ants exposed to pathogens (Chapuisat et al.”
• Biogeomorphic Impacts of Invasive Species (2014, background): “However, the consequence of geomorphic change to the invader can be beneficial (e.g., beaver), incidental or irrelevant (e.g., earthworms), or negative (e.g., ants) to their success ( Jones et al. 1997, Christe et al. 2003).”
• Ecological immunology and tolerance in plants and animals (2011, background): “…whereby they incorporate pieces of conifer resin into their nests; resin inhibits the growth of bacteria and fungi and protects the ants against the detrimental effects of thesemicroorganisms (Christe et al. 2003; Chapuisat et al.2007; Castella, Chapuisat & Christe 2008; Castella et al. 2008).”
• Self‐medication in insects: current evidence and future perspectives (2014, background): “One phenomenon that has been suggested to be a form of prophylactic self-medication is the collection of resin for incorporation into the nest in ants (Christe et al., 2003; Chapuisat et al., 2007; Castella et al., 2008) and bees (Simone-Finstrom & Spivak, 2012).”
• Immune pathways and defence mechanisms in honey bees Apis mellifera (2006, background): “Here we focus on individual defences, by presenting a genome-wide analysis of immunity in a social insect, the honey bee”