First evidence of fine colour discrimination ability in ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

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dc.authorid, yilmaz/0000-0002-9759-2609
dc.authoridAKSOY, Volkan/0000-0002-9543-4623
dc.authorwosid, yilmaz/W-1354-2019
dc.contributor.authorCamlitepe, Y.
dc.contributor.authorAksoy, V.
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T10:55:57Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T10:55:57Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractIn the present study, we report the first evidence that ants discriminate and learn perceptually close colour stimuli. Foragers of the ant species Cataglyphis aenescens and Formica cunicularia were trained in a Y-maze choice apparatus to monochromatic light stimuli of a constant intensity associated with a food reward. Two stimuli, with a mean wavelength of 40 nm perceptual distance, were chosen from the UV (340 nm vs 380 nm) and the green (510 nm vs 550 nm) range because these species are UV-green dichromats. Foragers were trained with two conditioning paradigms [absolute conditioning (AC) and differential conditioning (DC)]. In the UV range, C. aenescens foragers failed to discriminate when presented with a small colour difference in both training procedures. Foragers also failed in the green range when trained with AC but showed significant bias towards the rewarded stimulus when trained with DC. Formica cunicularia foragers achieved the task in the UV range when trained with DC only. In the green range, F. cunicularia foragers showed clear preference for the rewarded stimulus in both training conditioning procedures. Foragers never failed in choosing the rewarded stimulus in DC even when the intensity of the rewarded stimulus was reduced by one log unit. This clearly indicates that DC is of paramount importance to discriminate perceptually close colour stimuli.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) [106T187]; Trakya University Research Fund (TUBAP) [677]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWork was supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK, project # 106T187) and Trakya University Research Fund (TUBAP, project # 677). We are grateful to Professor A. Kelber from Lund University for her help, valuable comments and suggestions. We thank two anonymous referees for helpful comments and critical reading of the manuscript. We also thank Mr Kamuran Turkoglu (Optical Standards Laboratory of UME, TUBITAK) for his help and comments on spectral lights, and Miss Elcin Doksatli for drawings.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1242/jeb.037853
dc.identifier.endpage77en_US
dc.identifier.issn0022-0949
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.pmid20008364en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-76149095649en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage72en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.037853
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/19594
dc.identifier.volume213en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000272645800019en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCompany Of Biologists Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal Of Experimental Biologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectCataglyphis Aenescensen_US
dc.subjectFormica Cuniculariaen_US
dc.subjectDichromacyen_US
dc.subjectFine Colour Discriminationen_US
dc.subjectAbsolute Conditioningen_US
dc.subjectDifferential Conditioningen_US
dc.subjectBumblebees Bombus-Terrestrisen_US
dc.subjectAlternative Useen_US
dc.subjectVisionen_US
dc.subjectUltravioleten_US
dc.subjectHoneybeesen_US
dc.subjectPhotoreceptorsen_US
dc.subjectAdaptationen_US
dc.subjectPratensisen_US
dc.subjectReceptorsen_US
dc.subjectHawkmothen_US
dc.titleFirst evidence of fine colour discrimination ability in ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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