Gutenberg Open Science: Worker personality and its association with spatially structured division of labor

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dc.contributor.author	Pamminger, Tobias	-
dc.contributor.author	Foitzik, Susanne	-
dc.contributor.author	Kaufmann, Katharina C.	-
dc.contributor.author	Schützler, Natalie	-
dc.contributor.author	Menzel, Florian	-
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-04T09:37:54Z	-
dc.date.available	2022-10-04T09:37:54Z	-
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/7825	-
dc.description.abstract	Division of labor is a defining characteristic of social insects and fundamental to their ecological success. Many of the numerous tasks essential for the survival of the colony must be performed at a specific location. Consequently, spatial organization is an integral aspect of division of labor. The mechanisms organizing the spatial distribution of workers, separating inside and outside workers without central control, is an essential, but so far neglected aspect of division of labor. In this study, we investigate the behavioral mechanisms governing the spatial distribution of individual workers and its physiological underpinning in the ant Myrmica rubra. By investigating worker personalities we uncover position-associated behavioral syndromes. This context-independent and temporally stable set of correlated behaviors (positive association between movements and attraction towards light) could promote the basic separation between inside (brood tenders) and outside workers (foragers). These position-associated behavior syndromes are coupled with a high probability to perform tasks, located at the defined position, and a characteristic cuticular hydrocarbon profile. We discuss the potentially physiological causes for the observed behavioral syndromes and highlight how the study of animal personalities can provide new insights for the study of division of labor and self-organized processes in general.	en_GB
dc.description.sponsorship	DFG, Open Access-Publizieren Universität Mainz / Universitätsmedizin	de
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	590 Tiere (Zoologie)	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	590 Zoological sciences	en_GB
dc.title	Worker personality and its association with spatially structured division of labor	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-7810	-
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 02 Sozialwiss., Medien u. Sport	de
jgu.organisation.number	7910	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	PLoS one	de
jgu.journal.volume	9	de
jgu.journal.issue	1	de
jgu.pages.alternative	e79616	de
jgu.publisher.year	2014	-
jgu.publisher.name	PLoS	de
jgu.publisher.place	Lawrence, Kan.	de
jgu.publisher.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079616	de
jgu.publisher.issn	1932-6203	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.identifier.pmid	24497911
jgu.subject.ddccode	590	de
opus.date.modified	2018-08-08T07:29:55Z
opus.subject.dfgcode	00-000
opus.organisation.string	FB 02: Sozialwissenschaften, Medien und Sport: Institut für Soziologie	de_DE
opus.identifier.opusid	25261
opus.importsource	pubmed
opus.institute.number	0207
opus.metadataonly	false
opus.type.contenttype	Keine	de_DE
opus.type.contenttype	None	en_EN
opus.affiliated	Pamminger, Tobias
opus.affiliated	Foitzik, Susanne
opus.affiliated	Menzel, Florian
jgu.publisher.doi	10.1371/journal.pone.0079616	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
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