Geometry explains the benefits of division of labour in a leafcutter ant

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1640, 2008, Pages 1255-1260

  Helanterä, Heikki ^a,b   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atta; Division of labour; Geometry; Leafcutter ant; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ANT; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; LABOR DIVISION; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; OPTIMIZATION; SIZE; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANT; ARTICLE; FRUIT; GEOMETRY; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTA; ATTA LAEVIGATA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 42549102760     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0024     Document Type: Article

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