Symmetry breaking in escaping ants

American Naturalist

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 643-649

  Altshuler, E ^a   Ramos, O ^a,b   Nunez Y ^a   Fernandez J ^a   Batista Leyva, A J ^a,c   Noda, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Instituto Superior de Tecnologias y Ciencias Aplicadas InSTEC   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Ants; Behavior; Complexity; Escape dynamics; Herding; Self organization

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT;

ANT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; SELF ORGANIZATION; SYMMETRY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WALKING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESCAPE REACTION; INSECT REPELLENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLANT LEAVES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WALKING;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 28844442793     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/498139     Document Type: Article

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