Individual specialization in the hunting-wasp Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) agamemnon Richards (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)

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Autor(es): dc.contributorUNICENTRO-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)-
Autor(es): dc.creatorPitilin, Renan B.-
Autor(es): dc.creatorAraújo, Márcio S.-
Autor(es): dc.creatorBuschini, Maria L. T.-
Data de aceite: dc.date.accessioned2025-08-21T18:57:27Z-
Data de disponibilização: dc.date.available2025-08-21T18:57:27Z-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2022-04-29-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2022-04-29-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2012-09-01-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/226950-
Fonte: dc.identifier.urihttp://educapes.capes.gov.br/handle/11449/226950-
Descrição: dc.descriptionIndividuals of a population may differ with respect to resource use. This among-individual variation in resource utilization is called 'individual specialization' and may substantially impact the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of a population. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether females of 1 population of the hunting-wasp Trypoxylon agamemnon differed in their preferences for spider size and/or taxa. To observe the behavior of wasps, trap-nests were installed in an araucaria forest fragment in the Parque Municipal das Araucárias, Guarapuava (PR), southern Brazil. The indices within-individual component (WIC)/total niche width of a population (TNW) and average of values of the proportional similarity index (IS) were used to measure the degree of individual specialization. We found evidence of strong, significant individual specialization in T agamemnon in terms of both prey size (WIC/TNW = 0.43) and taxa (IS = 0.45). We hypothesized that individual specialization in this species resulted from cognitive tradeoffs that limit individuals to exploring a small subset of available resources. http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/51.5/655.pdf.-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartamento de Biologia UNICENTRO, Rua Padre Salvatore Renna 875, 85015-430. Guarapuava (PR)-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartamento de Ecologia UNESP, Avenida 24-A, 1515, Rio Claro (SP) 13506-900-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartamento de Ecologia UNESP, Avenida 24-A, 1515, Rio Claro (SP) 13506-900-
Formato: dc.format655-662-
Idioma: dc.languageen-
Relação: dc.relationZoological Studies-
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Palavras-chave: dc.subjectAnyphaenidae-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectApoidea-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectCognitive tradeoffs-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectIntra-population variation-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectNiche variation-
Título: dc.titleIndividual specialization in the hunting-wasp Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) agamemnon Richards (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)-
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