| Title: | Ecology and Evolution of Communication in Social Insects |
| Author(s): | Leonhardt SD; Menzel F; Nehring V; Schmitt T; |
| Address: | "Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Wurzburg, 97074 Wurzburg, Germany. Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany. Department of Evolutionary Biology and Animal Ecology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany. Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Wurzburg, 97074 Wurzburg, Germany. Electronic address: thomas.schmitt@uni-wuerzburg.de" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cell.2016.01.035 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1097-4172 (Electronic) 0092-8674 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Insect life strategies comprise all levels of sociality from solitary to eusocial, in which individuals form persistent groups and divide labor. With increasing social complexity, the need to communicate a greater diversity of messages arose to coordinate division of labor, group cohesion, and concerted actions. Here we summarize the knowledge on prominent messages in social insects that inform about reproduction, group membership, resource locations, and threats and discuss potential evolutionary trajectories of each message in the context of social complexity" |
| Keywords: | "*Animal Communication Animals Behavior, Animal Biological Evolution Insecta/classification/genetics/*physiology Pheromones/metabolism;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineLeonhardt, Sara Diana Menzel, Florian Nehring, Volker Schmitt, Thomas eng Review 2016/03/12 Cell. 2016 Mar 10; 164(6):1277-1287. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.01.035" |
