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@ARTICLE{Klunk:596520,
      author       = {Klunk, Cristian Luan and Argenta, M. A. and Rosumek, F. B.
                      and Schmelzle, S. and van de Kamp, T. and Hammel, J. U. and
                      Pie, M. R. and Heethoff, M.},
      title        = {{S}imulated biomechanical performance of morphologically
                      disparate ant mandibles under bite loading},
      journal      = {Scientific reports},
      volume       = {13},
      number       = {1},
      issn         = {2045-2322},
      address      = {[London]},
      publisher    = {Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature},
      reportid     = {PUBDB-2023-06176},
      pages        = {16833},
      year         = {2023},
      abstract     = {Insects evolved various modifications to their mouthparts,
                      allowing for a broad exploration of feeding modes. In ants,
                      workers perform non-reproductive tasks like excavation, food
                      processing, and juvenile care, relying heavily on their
                      mandibles. Given the importance of biting for ant workers
                      and the significant mandible morphological diversity across
                      species, it is essential to understand how mandible shape
                      influences its mechanical responses to bite loading. We
                      employed Finite Element Analysis to simulate biting
                      scenarios on mandible volumetric models from 25 ant species
                      classified in different feeding habits. We hypothesize that
                      mandibles of predatory ants, especially trap-jaw ants, would
                      perform better than mandibles of omnivorous species due to
                      their necessity to subdue living prey. We defined
                      simulations to allow only variation in mandible morphology
                      between specimens. Our results demonstrated interspecific
                      differences in mandible mechanical responses to biting
                      loading. However, we found no evident differences in biting
                      performance between the predatory and the remaining ants,
                      and trap-jaw mandibles did not show lower stress levels than
                      other mandibles under bite loading. These results suggest
                      that ant feeding habit is not a robust predictor of mandible
                      biting performance, a possible consequence of mandibles
                      being employed as versatile tools to perform several tasks.},
      cin          = {DOOR ; HAS-User / Hereon},
      ddc          = {600},
      cid          = {I:(DE-H253)HAS-User-20120731 / I:(DE-H253)Hereon-20210428},
      pnm          = {6G3 - PETRA III (DESY) (POF4-6G3)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G3},
      experiment   = {EXP:(DE-H253)P-P05-20150101},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      pubmed       = {37803099},
      UT           = {WOS:001084056200024},
      doi          = {10.1038/s41598-023-43944-8},
      url          = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/596520},
}