Self-organization in social insects

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 188-193

  Bonabeau, Eric ^a   Theraulaz, Guy ^b   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^c   Aron, Serge ^b   Camazine, Scott ^d  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELF-ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL INSECT;

EID: 0031284925     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01048-3     Document Type: Review

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