The emergence of a superorganism through intergroup competition

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 104, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 9736-9740

  Reeve, H Kern ^a   Hölldobler, Bert ^b,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conflict; Cooperation; Group selection; Social insects; Tug of war

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; COOPERATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EVOLUTION; INSECT SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; ORGANISM SOCIAL GROUP; PATCH DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 34547431685     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0703466104     Document Type: Article

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