Self-assembly, self-organization and division of labour

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1388, 1999, Pages 1395-1405

  Sendova Franks, Ana B ^a   Franks, Nigel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ant, Leptothorax; Division of labour; Self assembly; Self organization; Social resilience

Indexed keywords

LABOR DIVISION; SELF ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TERMINOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; LEPTOTHORAX;

EID: 0033615102     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0487     Document Type: Article

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