Sensitivity and feeding efficiency of the black garden ant Lasius niger to sugar resources
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- 作者：Claire Detraina ; cdetrain@ulb.ac.be" class="auth_mail ; Jacques Prieurb
- 关键词：Ant ; Taste sensitivity ; Food intake ; Response curve ; Sugars
- 刊名：Journal of Insect Physiology
- 出版年：May 2014
- 年：2014
- 卷：64
- 期：Complete
- 页码：74-80
- 全文大小：583 K
文摘
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Ants’ intake rate is triggered and maximized for sucrose concentrations found in nature.
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Sucrose, fructose and glucose are equally phagostimulant per energetic unit.
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Melezitose elicited the highest taste sensitivity and feeding efficiency.
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Ants’ feeding is shaped by both energy content and informative value of sugars.