The growth and form of tunnelling networks in ants

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 243, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 287-298

  Buhl, Camille ^a   Gautrais, Jacques ^a   Louis Deneubourg, Jean ^b   Kuntz, Pascale ^c   Theraulaz, Guy ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN COMMUNICATIONS ET CYBERNÉTIQUE DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Messor sancta; Network growth; Network topology; Tunnelling networks

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; NETWORK DESIGN; TESTING METHOD; TOPOLOGY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ALLOMETRY; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; GEOMETRY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAND; STANDARDIZATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

FORMICIDAE; MESSOR SANCTUS;

EID: 33751060764     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.06.018     Document Type: Article

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