@inproceedings{FialaFederleMaschwitzetal.1994, author = {Fiala, Brigitte and Federle, W. and Maschwitz, U. and Azarae, Idris}, title = {The first myrmecophytic 2-partner-system in the genus Macaranga: The association between Macaranga puncticulata and a Componotus (Colobopsis) in Malaysia}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-55144}, year = {1994}, abstract = {No abstract available}, subject = {Biologie}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{FialaMaschwitzTho1991, author = {Fiala, Brigitte and Maschwitz, Ulrich and Tho, Yow Pong}, title = {The association between Macaranga trees and ants in South-east Asia}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-54752}, year = {1991}, abstract = {No abstract available}, subject = {Macaranga}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{Mahsberg1990, author = {Mahsberg, Dieter}, title = {Brood care and family cohesion in the tropical scorpion Pandinus imperator (Koch) (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae)}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-45776}, year = {1990}, abstract = {Pandinus imperator is a forest dweller of tropical West Africa. In the field, lobserved aggregations of up to 15 individuals. In the laboratory, mixed age groups of related and also unrelated animals lived jointly in terraria rarely showing within-group aggression or cannibalism. Brood-caring behavior of the mother influenced growth rate and survival probability of the young. With birth, mothers became very aggressive. To study family cohesion in Pandinus, experiments with family groups were conducted. Siblings aggregated around their mother. In choice experiments with two family groups, mothers were placed in enclosures that only the young were able to enter or to leave. Second instars significantly preferred the enclosure containing their own mother. Aggression among unrelated young of the same age was not observed. Feeding experiments studied the possible advantages of long-Iasting group living with regard to enhanced success in prey capture and its effect on growth of the young. Even groups of second instars were unable to subdue large prey on their own. Sibling groups with their mother removed suffered high mortality due to starvation and cannibalism compared to groups with mothers present. Here, young grew significantly faster: they shared the prey that only the mother was able to kill and dismember. Pandinus imperator has to be considered an intermediate subsocial scorpion.}, subject = {Skorpion}, language = {en} }