Group decision making in nest-site selection among social insects

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2007, Pages 255-275

  Visscher, P Kirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis; Colony migration; Dance language; Honey bee; Swarming; Temnothorax

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; BEE; DECISION MAKING; NESTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEES; DECISION MAKING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TEMNOTHORAX;

EID: 33846358252     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.51.110104.151025     Document Type: Review

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