Individual basis for collective behaviour in the termite, Cornitermes cumulans

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Miramontes, Octavio ^a   DeSouza, Og ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Complex systems; Insects; Pattern emergence; Self organisation; Sociality

Indexed keywords

CORNITERMES CUMULANS; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; TERMITIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ISOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ISOPTERA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41949096996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.008.2201     Document Type: Article

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