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Foraging behavior related to habitat characteristics in the invasive wasp Vespula germanica

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Insect Science 2007年第5期14卷 383-388页

作者： paola D'adamo MARIANA LOZADA Laboratorio Ecotono Universidad Nacional del Comahue Bariloche Argentina

When foraging on carrion resources, the wasp Vespula germanica usually makes repeated visits to the feeding site until depleting the resource. In the present study we analyzed how environmental cues affect wasps＇ behavior when re-locating a protein food source. We studied this behavior in two different natural habitats： closed and open habitats. As closed habitats have more references to orient wasps to the feeding site than open habitats, we hypothesized that they would return to the foraging site more frequently in closed habitats than in open ones. We tested this hypothesis by studying wasp behavior in three different natural habitat conditions：（i） closed habitats, （ii） open habitats, and （iii） open habitats artificially modified by adding five sticks with flagging. Experiments consisted of training individual wasps to feed from a certain array, and at the testing phase we removed food and displaced the array by 60 cm. Therefore, we recorded wasps＇ choices when returning to the training area, by counting both the wasps＇ first approaches and the number of visits to the original feeding site and the displaced array. Wasps＇ behavior while re-locating a protein food source was different if foraging at open or closed habitats. Wasps more frequently re- visited a previous feeding location when foraging in closed habitats than when foraging in open ones. Furthermore, wasps more frequently visited the displaced array than the original feeding site in all three treatments. Nevertheless, when wasps were trained in closed habitats, they returned to the original feeding site more frequently than if trained in open ones. Interestingly, when five sticks with flagging were added in open habitats, wasps responded similarly as in closed habitats without these references. The results show that foraging behavior in V. germanica seems to be different in closed and open habitats, probably associated with the existence of references that guide foragers when re-locating undepleted res

关键词： environmental cues food exploitation invasive species re-localization socialwasps Vespidae

Evidence of associative blocking during foraging in the social wasp Vespula germanica

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Insect Science 2021年第4期28卷 1103-1108页

作者： Sabrina Moreyra paola D'adamo Mariana Lozada Laboratorio Ecotono Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medio Ambiente(INIBIOMA)-CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue(CRUB)BarilocheArgentina

While foraging,Vespula germanica usually return to abundant food *** this relocation behavior,these wasps learn to identify contextual cues associated with food *** analyzed associative blocking in this species,that is,how an association with a conditioned stimulus(CS1)blocks subsequent learning when a novel stimulus(CS2)is added on a second foraging *** groups of wasps(A,B,and C;total 74 individual wasps)were observed while collecting meat during one or two consecutive *** group A,an environmental cue(CS1)was paired with food placed at a specific site,and on the second visit,a second cue(CS2)was added while food remained in the same *** a subsequent testing phase,CS1 was removed and the food source displaced *** then recorded the number of hovers performed over the empty dish(previously baited).Group A wasps appeared to ignore the addition of CS2 on their second visit because they performed fewer hovers over the learned *** group A,the duration of the decision-making process to finally fly toward the baited dish was shorter than when CS1 and CS2 were presented together on their first visit(group B).This is the first study to demonstrate the occurrence of associative blocking in vespids,confirming that a prior foraging experience influences subsequent food relocation in *** findings reveal that first learning episodes block further associations with novel contextual cues,contributing to understanding of complex cognitive processes involved in ***´s foraging behavior.

关键词： associative blocking foraging behavior learning prior experience social wasps

The influence of past experience on wasp choice related to foraging behavior

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Insect Science 2014年第6期21卷 759-764页

作者： Moreyra Sabrina paola D'adamo Mariana Lozada Laboratory Ecotono INIBIOMA Quintral 1250 (8400) Bariloche Argentina

Memory has been little studied in social wasps. Vespula germanica （Fab.）（Hymenoptera： Vespidae） frequently revisits nondepleted food sources, making several trips between the resource and the nest. In this study, we analyzed this relocating behavior in order to evaluate whether this species is capable of remembering an established association after 1 h. To this end, we trained wasps to feed from a certain array. Then it was removed, setting it up again 1 h later, but this time 2 baited feeders were put in place, one at the original feeding site and the other opposite the first. We recorded the proportion of returning foragers, and their choice of feeder, after either 1 or 4 feeding trials. After 1 h, 78% of wasps trained with 4 feeding trials and 65% trained with 1, returned to the experimental area. Furthermore, during the testing phase, wasps trained with 4 feeding trials collected food from the previously learned feeder significantly more frequently than from the nonlearned one （P 〈 0.05）. In contrast, wasps that had been trained only once chose both feeders equally. Thus, memory retrieval could be observed 1 h after wasps had collected food on 4 consecutive occasions, but not after only 1. To our knowledge, this is the first study showing that V. germanica is capable of remembering an association 1 h after the last associative event, demonstrating that 1 h does not impair memory retention if4 feeding experiences have occurred.

关键词： cognition foraging behavior learning memory social wasps Vespula germanica

Long-term spatial memory in Vespula germanica social wasps： the influence of past experience on foraging behavior

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Insect Science 2017年第5期24卷 853-858页

作者： Sabrina Moreyra paola D'adamo Mariana Lozada Laboratory Ecotono INIBIOMA CONICET Universidad Nacional de/Comahue Quintral 1250 (8400) Bariloche Argentina

Social insects exhibit complex learning and memory mechanisms while for- aging. Vespula germanica （Fab.）（Hymenoptera： Vespidae） is an invasive social wasp that frequently forages on undepleted food sources, making several flights between the resource and the nest. Previous studies have shown that during this relocating behavior, wasps learn to associate food with a certain site, and can recall this association 1 h later. In this work, we evaluated whether this wasp species is capable of retrieving an established association after 24 h. For this purpose, we trained free flying individuals to collect proteinaceous food from an experimental plate （feeder） located in an experimental array. A total of 150 individuals were allowed 2, 4, or 8 visits. After the training phase, the array was re- moved and set up again 24 h later, but this time a second baited plate was placed opposite to the first. After 24 h we recorded the rate of wasps that returned to the experimental area and those which collected food from the previously learned feeding station or the nonlearned one. During the testing phase, we observed that a low rate of wasps trained with 2 collecting visits returned to the experimental area （22%）, whereas the rate of returning wasps trained with 4 or 8 collecting visits was higher （51% and 41%, respectively）. Moreover, wasps trained with 8 feeding visits collected food from the previously learned feeding station at a higher rate than those that did from the nonlearned one. In contrast, wasps trained 2 or 4 times chose both feeding stations at a similar rate. Thus, significantly more wasps returned to the previously learned feeding station after 8 repeated foraging flights but not after only 2 or 4 visits. This is the first report that demonstrates the existence of long-term spatial memory in V. germanica wasps.

关键词： foraging behavior learning long-term memory relocating behavior social wasps

Instrumental and bio-monitoring of heavy metal and nanoparticle emissions from diesel engine exhaust in controlled environment

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Journal of Environmental Sciences 2010年第9期22卷 1357-1363页

作者： Simonetta Giordano paola adamo Valeria Spagnuolo Bianca Maria Vaglieco Department of Structural and Functional Biology University of Naples Federico II Department of Soil Plant Environment and Animal Production Sciences University of Naples Federico II Istituto Motori CNR Via Marconi 8 I-80125 Napoli Italy

In the present article we characterized the emissions at the exhaust of a Common Rail （CR） diesel engine, representative of lightduty class, equipped with a catalyzed diesel particulate filter （CDPF） in controlled environment. The downstream exhausts were directly analyzed （for PM, CO, CO/, Oz, HCs, NOx） by infrared and electrochemical sensors, and SEM-EDS microscope; heavy metals were chemically analyzed using mosses and lichens in bags, and glass-fibre filters all exposed at the engine exhausts. The highest particle emission value was in the 7-54 nm size range; the peak concentration rose until one order of magnitude for the highest load and speed. Particle composition was mainly carbonaceous, associated to noticeable amounts of Fe and silica fibres. Moreover, the content of Cu, Fe, Na, Ni and Zn in both moss and lichen, and of A1 and Cr in moss, was significantly increased. Glass-fibre filters were significantly enriched in A1, B, Ba, Cu, Fe, Na, and Zn. The role of diesel engines as source of carbonaceous nanoparticles has been confirmed, while further investigations in controlled environment are needed to test the catalytic muffler as a possible source of silica fibres considered very hazardous for human health.

关键词： common rail diesel engine exhaust and non-exhaust emissions moss and lichen bags particulate matter

Boceprevir or telaprevir in hepatitis C virus chronic infection:The Italian real life experience

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World Journal of Hepatology 2016年第22期8卷 949-956页

作者： Antonio Ascione Luigi Elio Adinolfi Pietro Amoroso Angelo Andriulli Orlando Armignacco Tiziana Ascione Sergio Babudieri Giorgio Barbarini Michele Brogna Francesco Cesario Vincenzo Citro Ernesto Claar Raffaele Cozzolongo Giuseppe D’adamo Emilio D’Amico Pellegrino Dattolo Massimo De Luca Vincenzo De Maria Massimo De Siena Giuseppe De Vita Antonio Di Giacomo Rosanna De Marco Giorgio De Stefano Giulio De Stefano Sebastiano Di Salvo Raffaele Di Sarno Nunzia Farella Laura Felicioni Basilio Fimiani Luca Fontanella Giuseppe Foti Caterina Furlan Francesca Giancotti Giancarlo Giolitto Tiziana Gravina Barbara Guerrera Roberto Gulminetti Angelo Iacobellis Michele Imparato Angelo Iodice Vincenzo Iovinella Antonio Izzi Alfonso Liberti Pietro Leo Gennaro Lettieri Ileana Luppino Aldo Marrone Ettore Mazzoni Vincenzo Messina Roberto Monarca Vincenzo Narciso Lorenzo Nosotti Adriano Maria Pellicelli Alessandro Perrella Guido Piai Antonio Picardi paola Pierri Grazia Pietromatera Francesco Resta Luca Rinaldi Mario Romano Angelo Rossini Maurizio Russello Grazia Russo Rodolfo Sacco Vincenzo Sangiovanni Antonio Schiano Antonio Sciambra Gaetano Scifo Filomena Simeone Annarita Sullo Pierluigi Tarquini Paolo Tundo Alfredo Vallone Depart-ment of Medicine Center for Liver Diseases "Buon Consiglio" -Fatebenefratelli Hospital Internal Medicine Unit Second University of Naples VI Division of Infectious Diseases Cotugno Hospital AORN "Ospedali dei Colli" Division of Gastro- enterology Casa Sollievo Sofferenza Hospital IRCCS Division of Infectious Diseases Belcolle Hospital IX Division of Infectious Diseases Cotugno Hospital AORN "Ospedali dei Colli" Clinical of Infectious Disease University of Sassari Infectious Disease IRCCS San Matteo Division of Infectious Diseases and Liver Unit "G. Iazzolino" Hospital Division of Infectious Diseases "Annunziata" Hospital Depart-ment of Internal Medicine Umberto I Hospital Internal Medicine Ospedale Evangelico Villa Betania Division of Gastroenterology IRCCS "S.de Bellis" Hospital Internal Medicine Unit Pescara-Penne Hospital Gastroenterology Unit Marcianise Hospital Liver Unit AORN Cardarelli Liver Unit Policlinico "Mater Domini" Service of Medical Day Hospital "Rummo" Hospital Internal Medicine Regina Margherita Hospital Division of Gastroenterology "Annunziata" Hospital Infectious Disease Matera Hospital First Division of Infectious Diseases Cotugno Hospital AORN "Ospedali dei Colli" Division of Infectious Diseases AO Melacrino- Bianchi-Morelli Infectious and Tropical Disease Policlinico Umberto I Division of Infectious Disease Maria SS Addolorata Hospital Division of Infectious Diseases S. Anna and S. Sebastiano Hospital Outpatients Service for Liver Diseases "Loreto Crispi" Hospital V Division of Infectious Diseases Cotugno Hospital AORN "Ospedali dei Colli" Department of Medical Surgical Neurological Geriatric and Metabolic Sciences Second Univer-sity of Naples Liver Unit Policlinico Casilino Medicine and Health Unit for Prisoners Belcolle Hospital Internal Medicine Unit "Ascalesi" Hospital Gastrointestinal and Liver Department National Institute for Health Migration and Poverty Liver Unit Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini VII Division of Infectious Diseases

AIM: To check the safety and efficacy of boceprevir/telaprevir with peginterferon/ribavirin for hepatitis C virus(HCV) genotype 1 in the real-world settings. METHODS: This study was a non-randomized, observational, prospective, multicenter. This study involved 47 centers in Italy. A database was prepared for the homogenous collection of the data, was used by all of the centers for data collection, and was updated continuously. All of the patients enrolled in this study were older than 18 years of age and were diagnosed with chronic infection due to HCV genotype 1. The HCV RNA testing was performed using COBAS-Taq Man2.0(Roche, LLQ 25 IU/m L). RESULTS: All consecutively treated patients were included. Forty-seven centers enrolled 834 patients as follows: Male 64%; median age 57(range 18-78), of whom 18.3% were over 65; mean body mass index 25.6(range 16-39); genotype 1b(79.4%); diagnosis of cirrhosis(38.2%); and fibrosis F3/4(71.2%). The following drugs were used: Telaprevir(66.2%) and PEG-IFN-alpha2a(67.6%). Patients were na?ve(24.4%), relapsers(30.5%), partial responders(14.8%) and null responders(30.3%). Overall, adverse events(AEs) occurred in 617 patients(73.9%) during the treatment. Anemia was the most frequent AE(52.9% of cases), especially in cirrhotic. The therapy was stopped for 14.6% of the patients because of adverse events or virological failure(15%). Sustained virological response was achieved in 62.7% of the cases, but was 43.8% in cirrhotic patients over 65 years of age. CONCLUSION: In everyday practice, triple therapy is safe but has moderate efficacy, especially for patients over 65 years of age, with advanced fibrosis, nonresponders to peginterferon + ribavirin.

关键词： Boceprevir Telaprevir Chronic hepatitis Antiviral therapy Peg-interferon Ribavirin