User talk:TandemRunners

Outline: What is tandem running? (definition based on what is on the Wikipedia page already and what is in our textbook on pgs. 77-78) Maybe go into what the ants’ food sources are, how far away they might be from the ant hill? Brief & general description of how tandem running is done (mechanisms), how many ants are involved at a time Its purpose and benefits Tandem running is rare evidence of teaching in animals (source 1) meets the three criteria for teaching (as defined in book on pg. 77) “modifies behavior of naive observer” “incurs initial cost” for the teacher “naive observer acquires skills/knowledge more rapidly” who teaches? (see source 4 below) Evidence that tandem running is passed throughout the colony, with followers becoming leaders for other ants? other strategies for teaching other than follower maintaining frequent contact with the leader (sources 2,3,7) Who learns? (source 8) What insects besides ants use tandem running? (source 6) Aewells14 (talk) 03:38, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Sources:

1. Franklin, E., & Franks, N. (2012). Individual and social learning in tandem-running recruitment by ants. Animal Behaviour, 84(2), 361-368.

(Here is the link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347212002138)

2. Basari, N., Bruendl, A., Hemingway, C., Roberts, N., Sendova-Franks, A., & Franks, N. (2013). Landmarks and ant search strategies after interrupted tandem runs. Journal of Experimental Biology,944-954. doi:10.1242

(Here is the link: http://jeb.biologists.org/content/early/2013/10/22/jeb.087296)

3. Basari, N., Laird-Hopkins, B., Sendova-Franks, A., Franks, N. (2014). Trail laying during tandem-running recruitment in the ant Temnothorax albipennis. Naturwissenschaften, 101, 549-556. .

(Here is the link: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-014-1191-1/fulltext.html)

4. Franklin, E., Robinson, E., Marshall, J., Sendova-Franks, A., Franks, N. (2012). Do ants need to be old and experienced to teach? Journal of Experimental Biology, 215, 1287-1292.

(Here is the link: http://jeb.biologists.org/content/215/8/1287.full)

5. Matsuura, K., Kuno, E., Nishida, T. (2002). Homosexual Tandem Running as Selfish Herd inReticulitermes speratus: Novel Antipredatory Behavior in Termites. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 214, 63-70

(Here is the link: http://www.sciencedirect.com.proxy.lib.duke.edu/science/article/pii/S0022519301924476)

6. Agbogba, C. (1992). Settlement in the prey termite nest by the ponerine ant Pachycondyla caffraria (Smith), and tandem running signal analysis for the following ant. Journal of Ethology, 10 (2), 133-137

(Here is the link: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF02350117)

7. Franklin, E. L., Richardson, T. O., Sendova-Franks, A. B., Robinson, E. J., & Franks, N. R. (2011). Blinkered teaching: tandem running by visually impaired ants. Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, 65(4), 569-579. (Here is the link http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-010-1057-2)

8. Schultheiss, P., Raderschall, C. A., & Narendra, A. (2015). Follower ants in a tandem pair are not always naïve. Scientific Reports, 5. (Here is the link http://www.nature.com/articles/srep10747)

Aewells14 (talk) 03:38, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

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