Individual versus social complexity, with particular reference to ant colonies

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 211-237

  Anderson, Carl ^a,b   McShea, Daniel W ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ants; Functional integration; Individual complexity; Insect societies; Polyphenism; Social complexity; Sociality; Totitpotency; Work organization

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEE; NONHUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WASP; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; INSECTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035025754     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1464793101005656     Document Type: Review

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