Task partitioning in insect societies. I. Effect of colony size on queueing delay and colony ergonomic efficiency

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 521-535

  Anderson, Carl ^a,b   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony size; Ergonomics; Honeybee; Queueing delays; Social insects; Task partitioning

Indexed keywords

COLONY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; MODEL; SIZE EFFECT; SOCIAL INSECT;

HYMENOPTERA; POLYBIA OCCIDENTALIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0033391865     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303255     Document Type: Article

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