▪ Abstract Although the use of aggregation pheromones has been reported for hundreds of
nonsocial arthropod species, the evolutionary ecological aspects of this behavior have …

Allee effects are (broadly) defined as a decline in individual fitness at low population size or
density. They can result in critical population thresholds below which populations crash to …

Insect Symbiosis summarizes the current knowledge of the relationship between symbiotic
organisms and their insect hosts and provides an unparalleled analysis of cutting-edge …

We follow an adult Drosophila melanogaster female through the major reproductive
decisions she makes during her lifetime, including habitat selection, precopulatory mate …

An Allee effect (AE) occurs in populations when individuals suffer a decrease in fitness at
low densities. If a fitness component is reduced (component AE), per capita population …

Diet quality and the presence and abundance of conspecifics feeding on the same food
resource are critical factors that affect functional traits of many animal species and influence …

We examined the use of social information in fruitfly larvae, which represent an ideal model
system owing to their robust learning abilities, small number of neurons and well-studied …

Aggregation pheromones are used by fruit flies of the genus Drosophila to assemble on
breeding substrates, where they feed, mate and oviposit communally. These pheromones …

Highlights•Larval aggregates of carrion beetle N. littoralis are prevalent on large
carcasses.•While aggregating, larvae consistently respond to heat in the …

1. The effects of an aggregation pheromone on individual behaviour and food web
interactions were investigated in two ecological communities, using Drosophila …