Search Results - "Valadares, Lohan"
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Differentiation of workers into soldiers is associated with a size reduction of higher-order brain centers in the neotropical termite Procornitermes araujoi
Published in Scientific reports (25-10-2023)“…Comparing the size of functionally distinct brain regions across individuals with remarkable differences in sensory processing and cognitive demands provides…”
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Brain size and behavioral specialization in the jataí stingless bee (Tetragonisca angustula)
Published in Journal of comparative neurology (1911) (01-09-2022)“…Social insects are instructive models for understanding the association between investment in brain size and behavioral variability because they show a…”
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Tandem running by foraging Pachycondyla striata workers in field conditions vary in response to food type, food distance, and environmental conditions
Published in Current zoology (01-10-2021)“…Abstract Ants show collective and individual behavioral flexibility in their response to immediate context, choosing for example between different foraging…”
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Social Carrying and Defensive Behavior During Colony Emigration in the Leaf-cutting Ant Atta sexdens
Published in Sociobiology (Chico, CA) (01-12-2017)“…In this work, we describe for the first time and under laboratory conditions, the behaviors related to social carrying and defensive strategies during colony…”
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Chemical cuticular signature of leafcutter ant Atta sexdens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) worker subcastes
Published in Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (01-10-2016)“…In leafcutter ants the division of labour is associated to worker size variation clustered in four subcastes. In this work we used Atta sexdens Forel (1908) as…”
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Foliar Substrate Affects Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles and Intraspecific Aggression in the Leafcutter Ant Atta sexdens
Published in Insects (Basel, Switzerland) (01-03-2015)“…Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) are traditionally considered to be one of the most important chemical cues used in the nestmate recognition process of social…”
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Mechanisms and adaptations that shape division of labour in stingless bees
Published in Current opinion in insect science (01-08-2023)“…Stingless bees are a diverse and ecologically important group of pollinators in the tropics. Division of labour allows bee colonies to meet the various demands…”
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Chemical cuticular signature of leafcutter ant Atta sexdens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) worker subcastes
Published in Revista brasileira de entomologia (01-10-2016)“…In leafcutter ants the division of labour is associated to worker size variation clustered in four subcastes. In this work we used Atta sexdens Forel (1908) as…”
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Aflatoxins produced by Aspergillus nomius ASR3, a pathogen isolated from the leaf-cutter ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa
Published in Revista brasileira de farmacognosia (01-07-2017)“…[Display omitted] Aspergillus spp. cause economic impacts due to aflatoxins production. Although the toxicity of aflatoxins is already known, little…”
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