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DOI	10.6165/tai.2021.66.73
	Random choice of the tropical fire ant in the enclosed space
	Lai, Li-Chuan; Chao, Tzu-Yen
通讯作者	Lai, LC (corresponding author), Providence Univ, Dept Ecol Humanities, 200,Sec 7,Taiwan Blvd, Taichung 43301, Taiwan.
来源期刊	TAIWANIA
ISSN	0372-333X
出版年	2021
卷号	66 期号:1 页码:73-78
英文摘要	The tropical fire ant Solenopsis geminata is an invasive ant species in Taiwan. In the present study, we investigated the turning behaviour of the tropical fire ant in the T-maze when external cues were shielded. In total, 1800 observations (600 workers X 3 choices) were conducted in the study. Workers presented eight types of left-right choice after three choices in the T-maze experiment. We demonstrated that the turning behaviour of S. geminata workers was not significantly affected by the four cardinal directions. Moreover, eight types of left-right choice of workers were divided into four groups. The result shows that the ratio of the four groups is 1.33:3.27:3.25:1 (approximate to 1:3:3:1). Notably, based on the binomial expansion, the left-right choice of workers is random. The workers' choices did not exhibit a leftward or rightward turning bias after three choices in the experiment. Thus, we speculate that in the absence visual cues, S. geminata workers might navigate using random choice strategies when exploring the enclosed space.
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000626723900006
WOS关键词	GEMINATA HYMENOPTERA-FORMICIDAE ; SEARCH STRATEGIES ; ORIENTATION CUES ; DESERT ANTS ; BEHAVIOR ; AMPLIFICATION ; INFORMATION ; MEMORY
WOS类目	Plant Sciences
WOS研究方向	Plant Sciences
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/351877
作者单位	[Lai, Li-Chuan; Chao, Tzu-Yen] Providence Univ, Dept Ecol Humanities, 200,Sec 7,Taiwan Blvd, Taichung 43301, Taiwan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lai, Li-Chuan,Chao, Tzu-Yen. Random choice of the tropical fire ant in the enclosed space[J],2021,66(1):73-78.
APA	Lai, Li-Chuan,&Chao, Tzu-Yen.(2021).Random choice of the tropical fire ant in the enclosed space.TAIWANIA,66(1),73-78.
MLA	Lai, Li-Chuan,et al."Random choice of the tropical fire ant in the enclosed space".TAIWANIA 66.1(2021):73-78.