Wojtusiak J, Godzińska E J
Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
Acta Neurobiol Exp (Wars). 1993;53(2):401-8.
Responses of the African weaver ants (Oecophylla longinoda) to nest damages were studied in the field in Nigeria. During the wet season, the ants responded to nest damages almost unexceptionnally by a quick onset of nest-repairing behaviour. The latencies to the start of nest-repairing activities (LN) did not depend on the size of the damage, but they were significantly shorter during the night, and positively correlated with ambient temperature. During the dry season, the ants responded to large nest damages mainly by abandonning the nest. In the case of medium size damages, the onset of nest-repairing behaviour was equally rapid as during the wet season, but in the case of small damages it was sometimes greatly delayed (up to three hours). The values of LN did not differ between the nighttime and the remaining times of the day, and they were not correlated with ambient temperature.
在尼日利亚的野外研究了非洲织叶蚁（长结织叶蚁）对巢穴受损的反应。在雨季，蚂蚁几乎无一例外地通过迅速开始巢穴修复行为来应对巢穴受损。开始巢穴修复活动的潜伏期（LN）并不取决于受损的大小，但在夜间显著更短，且与环境温度呈正相关。在旱季，蚂蚁对大型巢穴受损主要通过弃巢来应对。对于中等规模的受损，巢穴修复行为的开始与雨季时同样迅速，但对于小规模受损，有时会大大延迟（长达三小时）。LN的值在夜间和一天中的其他时间没有差异，且与环境温度无关。
