Age-related repertoire expansion and division of labor in Pheidole dentata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a new perspective on temporal polyethism and behavioral plasticity in ants

By M. Seid, J. Traniello. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2006

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Personality in social insects: How does worker personality determine colony personality? (2012, background): “, temporal polyethism: (Calderone, 1995; Gordon et al., 2005; Seid and Traniello, 2006; Camargo et al., 2007)), or in response to environmental changes (Gordon, 1989; Gordon, 1996).”
Tracking Individuals Shows Spatial Fidelity Is a Key Regulator of Ant Social Organization (2013, background): “Overall, these studies show that age-related division of labor exists in some ant species but not in others (reviewed in 1), and that for a given species the conclusions about age-related division of labor can differ between studies (14).”
Within-nest temporal polyethism in the honey bee (2008, background): “…in age, temporal polyethism (Wilson 1976; Seeley 1982; Wilson and Hölldobler 1988; Page and Robinson 1991; Calderone 1991; Robinson 1992; Jeanne and Nordheim 1996; Huang and Robinson 1996; Calderone and Page 1996; O’Donnell 1998; Johnson 2003, 2005; Tripet and Nonacs 2004; Seid and Traniello 2006).”
Weak specialization of workers inside a bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) nest (2009, background): “1), and unlike honey bees or Pheidole dentata ants (Johnson 2008; Seid and Traniello 2006), task repertoire size did not change with the worker’s age.”