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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1242/jeb.035329
Titel (primär) Singing the blues: from experimental biology to conservation application
Autor Settele, J.; Barbero, F.; Musche, M.; Thomas, J.A.; Schönrogge, K.
Quelle Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
Department BZF
Band/Volume 214
Heft 9
Seite von 1407
Seite bis 1410
Sprache englisch
Keywords acoustical communication; ant-butterfly interaction; chemical communication; coevolution; endangered species; multi-trophic system
Abstract Chemical communication plays a major role in the organisation of ant societies, and is mimicked to near perfection by certain large blue (Maculinea) butterflies that parasitise Myrmica ant colonies. The recent discovery of differentiated acoustical communication between different castes of ants, and the fact that this too is mimicked by the butterflies, adds a new component of coevolutionary complexity to a fascinating multitrophic system of endangered species, and it could inspire new ways to engage the public in their conservation.
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Settele, J., Barbero, F., Musche, M., Thomas, J.A., Schönrogge, K. (2011):
Singing the blues: from experimental biology to conservation application
J. Evol. Biol. 214 (9), 1407 - 1410 10.1242/jeb.035329