The organization of work in social insect colonies

Nature

Volumn 380, Issue 6570, 1996, Pages 121-124

  Gordon, Deborah M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD; HONEYBEE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; WORK; WORKER;

SOCIAL INSECT; WORK ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0029666892     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/380121a0     Document Type: Short Survey

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