A modeling approach to swarming in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-45

  Fefferman, N H ^a   Starks, P T ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational model; Game theory; Reproductive fission

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; HONEYBEE; MODELING; SWARMING;

ANIMALIA; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 33644558399     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-005-0833-x     Document Type: Article

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