Incomplete division of labor: Error-prone multitaskers coexist with specialists

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 449-460

  D'Orazio, A E ^a   Waite, T A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Division of labor; Generalist; Specialist; Task allocation

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; LABOR DIVISION; PHENOTYPE; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; GROUP DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTION; GROUP PROCESSES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIALISM; WASPS;

EID: 38049091062     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.09.040     Document Type: Article

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