| Monday, 31 July 2006: 1:30 PM-6:00 PM | |||
| Empire (Omni Shoreham Hotel) | |||
| Symposium 1: Social recognition | |||
| Recognition behavior is central to many aspects of an insect's social biology (e.g., food item, nestmate, mate recognition). Social insects especially honey bees, Polistes wasps, and Argentine ants have been instrumental in the development of recognition system theory. Speakers in our symposium work on individual components of recognition systems (the expression, perception, and action components), on model systems, and on applied uses of recognition system research (e.g., conservation and invasion biology). Our symposium will begin with a brief history of social insect-based recognition research and will conclude with a discussion of future directions. | |||
| Organizers: | Michael D. Breed Philip T. Starks Stefano Turillazzi | ||
| 1:30 PM | 1 | Distinguishing friends from foes: Nestmate recognition in the invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) Neil D. Tsutsui, Candice W. Torres, Miriam Brandt | |
| 1:50 PM | 2 | Individual recognition and long term memory in ant queens Stephanie Dreier, Jelle S. Van Zweden, Patrizia D'Ettorre | |
| 2:10 PM | 3 | Beyond kin recognition: the action component of recognition systems in social insects Aviva E. Liebert, Philip T. Starks | |
| 2:30 PM | 4 | Nestmate recognition, wax, and the evolution of social communication in honey bees Michael D. Breed | |
| 2:50 PM | 5 | Venom and recognition in Polistes wasps S. Turillazzi, L. Dapporto, F.R. Dani, C. Bruschini, R. Cervo, D. Lambardi, G. Mastrobuoni, S. Francese, G. Moneti, G. Pieraccini | |
| 3:10 PM | 6 | Supercolonies in native populations of the Argentine Ant Valerie Vogel, Jes S. Pedersen, Michael J. B. Krieger, Tatiana Giraud, Laurent Keller | |
| 3:30 PM | Break | ||
| 4:00 PM | 7 | Larval food availability and the development of visual signals in Polistes wasps Elizabeth A. Tibbetts, Tracy R. Curtis | |
| 4:20 PM | 8 | Brood abundance, colony size and reproductive monopoly in the wasp Polistes dominulus Thibaud Monnin | |
| 4:40 PM | 9 | Recognition systems, mate choice, and the invasive Polistes dominulus Philip T. Starks, Aviva E. Liebert, Caitlin E. Johnson | |
| 5:00 PM | 10 | Social Heterosis: the Evolution of Genetic Diversity and Sociality Peter Nonacs, Karen M. Kapheim | |
| 5:20 PM | 11 | Recognition systems in the context of social insect invasions Andrew V. Suarez | |
| 5:40 PM | 12 | Narrowing the search for nestmate recognition cues in the Argentine ant Linepithema humile Miriam Brandt, Candice W. Torres, Mikoyan Lagrimas, Robert Sulc, Kenneth J. Shea, Neil D. Tsutsui | |
| Sponsor: | Invited Symposia Presentations | ||
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