Competitive research funds

Basic information

Name Murakami Takahiro
Belonging department
Occupation name
researchmap researcher code B000304383
researchmap agency Okayama University of Science

Title

Evolution of ant vibratory communication

Provider

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

System

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

From Date

2013-04-01

To Date

2016-03-31

OwnerRole

 

Author

Murakami Takahiro
HIGASHI Seigo
SAKAMOTO Hironori

Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Summary

In this study we aim to illustrate an importance of vibrational communications in ants. Especially, leaf-cutting ants that is the most advanced species in fungus growing ants have evolved diverse vibrational communication system like "language system in human being". Furthermore, the frequencies of vibrational communication were gradual evolved among fungus growing ants including simple social structures and complex social structures. These data indicate that is related between ant social evolutions and vibrational communications. In the future, these accomplishments will apply any application area such as protection from harmful ant species.