A test of associative olfactory learning in the ant Formica clara (Hymenoptera: Formicidae); the power of a MaLER-based conditioning protocol

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dc.contributor.authorDuymaz, Kubilay
dc.contributor.authorAksoy, Volkan
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T11:02:10Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T11:02:10Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractIn the present study, we tested associative olfactory learning performance of the ant Formica clara in laboratory conditions based on their MaLER responses. Ants were harnessed with the help of a paper-made holder and conditioned in two groups by forward pairing either limonene or eugenol (conditioned stimuli - CS) with a reward (unconditioned stimulus - US). After conditioning, memory tests were performed for each CS 15, 60 and 90 minutes following the conditioning in the absence of US. A further test was performed for each group with the CS of the other group to see if the ants showed an odor generalization. The frequencies of MaLER-positive responses during tests were used as indication of learning performance. Ants learned the association between the CS and US during conditioning for both odors and showed initially significant and gradually decreasing MaLER-positive responses during tests. The results showed that conditioning to the odors was absolute and no generalization was observed. We conclude that associative learning is a universal strategy for ants to adjust their behaviors to environmental changes around them and the MaLER technique is a powerful and easy to apply technique to test learning and memory capacities in ants.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTrakya Universityen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe data presented in the manuscript are based on the master thesis of the first author, Kubilay Duymaz. The experiments were performed in the Behavioral Ecol-ogy Laboratory of the Biology Department of Trakya University, Edirne. We thank Prof. Dr Y?lmaz ?aml?tepe, the head of the laboratory, for providing all facilitiesfor the experiments. We also thank Dr Deniz Y?ksel for her kind help in the analysis using GraphPad Prism.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1163/15707563-bja10098
dc.identifier.endpage97en_US
dc.identifier.issn1570-7555
dc.identifier.issn1570-7563
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85146965612en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage85en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1163/15707563-bja10098
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/21176
dc.identifier.volume73en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000932079700005en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBrillen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAnimal Biologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectFormica Claraen_US
dc.subjectMaleren_US
dc.subjectMemoryen_US
dc.subjectOdor Generalizationen_US
dc.subjectOlfactory Conditioningen_US
dc.subjectProtein-Synthesisen_US
dc.subjectHoney-Beesen_US
dc.subjectMemoryen_US
dc.subjectDiscriminationen_US
dc.subjectOrientationen_US
dc.subjectLandmarken_US
dc.titleA test of associative olfactory learning in the ant Formica clara (Hymenoptera: Formicidae); the power of a MaLER-based conditioning protocolen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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