Fixed response thresholds and the regulation of division of labor in insect societies

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 753-807

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

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; INSECT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REVIEW; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 0032126894     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bulm.1998.0041     Document Type: Article

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