The formation of spatial patterns in social insects: From simple behaviours to complex structures

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1807, 2003, Pages 1263-1282

  Theraulaz, Guy ^a   Gautrais, Jacques ^a   Camazine, Scott ^b   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^c  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^b ReMed   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Morphogenesis; Pattern formation; Self organization; Social insects; Stigmergy; Template

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COOPERATION; HOMEOSTASIS; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HOMEOSTASIS; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0141922827     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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