Dynamic scheduling and division of labor in social insects

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 83-96

  Campos, Mike ^a   Bonabeau, Eric ^b   Théraulaz, Guy ^c   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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EID: 23044528187     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105971230000800201     Document Type: Article

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