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Commun Integr Biol

Title:		Saving the injured: Evolution and mechanisms
Author(s):		Frank ET; Linsenmair KE;
Address:		"Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Wurzburg, Am Hubland, Wurzburg, Germany"
Journal Title:		Commun Integr Biol
Year:		2017
Volume:		20171103
Issue:		5-Jun
Page Number:		e1356516 -
DOI:		10.1080/19420889.2017.1356516
ISSN/ISBN:		1942-0889 (Print) 1942-0889 (Electronic) 1942-0889 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Rescue behavior focused on injured individuals has rarely been observed in animals. These observations though are from very different taxa's: birds, mammals and social insects. Here we discuss likely antecedents to rescue behaviors in ants, like social carrying and alarm pheromones. We then compare similarities and preconditions necessary for rescue behavior focused on injured individuals to evolve across taxa's: a high value of individuals, a high injury risk and social interaction. Ultimately we argue that a similar problem, how to rescue injured group members, has led to different mechanisms to save injured individuals across different taxa"
Keywords:		chemical communication empathy helping behavior pro social behavior rescue behavior social insect;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEFrank, Erik T Linsenmair, K Eduard eng 2017/12/21 Commun Integr Biol. 2017 Nov 3; 10(5-6):e1356516. doi: 10.1080/19420889.2017.1356516. eCollection 2017"