Teams in animal societies

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 534-540

  Anderson, Carl ^a,c   Franks, Nigel R ^b,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Material and Chemical Characterization Facility   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal societies; Cooperation; Division of labor; Groups; Invertebrates; Task types; Teams; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INVERTEBRATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034836879     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/12.5.534     Document Type: Review

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6. The emergence of pillars, walls and royal chambers in termite nests
7. Colony size, social complexity and reproductive conflict in social insects
8. Cooperative feeding of white pelicans
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55. The behavior of free-living chimpanzees in the gombe stream reserve
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