On the energetic cost of sociality

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 713-719

  Fonck, Carlos ^a   Jaffé, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Ants; Colony energetics; Complexity; Dissipative systems; Energy; Negentropy; Oxygen consumption; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; INSECT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029996507     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02028-4     Document Type: Article

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