The synchronization of recruitment-based activities in ants

BioSystems

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 195-211

  Bonabeau, Eric ^a   Theraulaz, Guy ^b   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^c  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Energy Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ant colony; Division of labor; Foraging; Recruitment; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; FEEDING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0031801185     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(98)00004-5     Document Type: Article

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