1. Nutrition in Social Insects
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Stéphane Kraus, Tamara Gómez-Moracho, Mathieu Lihoreau, Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale (CRCA), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut des sciences du cerveau de Toulouse. (ISCT), Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Christopher K. Starr, Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale - UMR5169 (CRCA), Institut des sciences du cerveau de Toulouse. (ISCT), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Mathieu, Lihoreau
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[SDV.BA.ZI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology ,2. Zero hunger ,0106 biological sciences ,[SDV.AEN] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food and Nutrition ,0303 health sciences ,03 medical and health sciences ,[SDV.BA.ZI] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology ,food and beverages ,[SDV.AEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food and Nutrition ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,030304 developmental biology - Abstract
International audience; Nutrition concerns physiological and behavioral processes involved in the acquisition of nutrients and other chemicals required for energy, growth, tissue maintenance, and reproduction. While some components are synthetized by the insects themselves, many are ingested with the food, which for social insects can be as diverse as plant leaves, flower pollen and nectar, honeydew, dead arthropods, or even wood. The challenge for insects is to ingest these foods in appropriate amounts and balance to avoid harmful excesses or deficits of nutrients or toxins. For an individual, nutritional regulation is achieved through a complex interplay between foraging decisions (e.g., based on learning and memory), preingestive processing of food (e.g., enzymatic degradation in the mouthparts), and postingestive assimilation (e.g., absorption and differential utilization of nutrients). For a colony, food collection, processing, assimilation, and excretion are decentralized processes achieved collectively by different individuals with divergent nutritional needs
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- 2021
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