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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Social nutrition: an emerging field in insect science |
Author: | Lihoreau, M. Gómez-Moracho, T. Pasquaretta, C. Costa, J. Buhl, J. |
Citation: | Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2018; 28:73-80 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
ISSN: | 2214-5745 2214-5753 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Mathieu Lihoreau, Tamara Gómez-Moracho, Cristian Pasquaretta, James T Costa and Jerome Buhl |
Abstract: | Nutrition is thought to be a major driver of social evolution, yet empirical support for this hypothesis is scarce. Here we illustrate how conceptual advances in nutritional ecology illuminate some of the mechanisms by which nutrition mediates social interactions in insects. We focus on experiments and models of nutritional geometry and argue that they provide a powerful means for comparing nutritional phenomena across species exhibiting various social ecologies. This approach, initially developed to study the nutritional behaviour of individual insects, has been increasingly used to study insect groups and societies, leading to the emerging field of social nutrition. We discuss future directions for exploring how these nutritional mechanisms may influence major social transitions in insects and other animals. |
Keywords: | Animals Social Behavior Ecology Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Insecta |
Rights: | © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.cois.2018.05.003 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP150100479 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2018.05.003 |
Appears in Collections: | Agriculture, Food and Wine publications Aurora harvest 8 |
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