Task partitioning in insect societies: Bucket brigades

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-180

  Anderson, C ^a,b   Boomsma, J J ^a,c   Bartholdi, III, J J ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant foraging; Bucket brigade; Forage retrieval; Optimal foraging; Task partitioning

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LABOR DIVISION; SOCIAL INSECT;

FORMICIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 0036278801     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-002-8298-7     Document Type: Article

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