Individual differences influence collective behaviour in social caterpillars

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-16

  Dussutour, A ^a,b   Nicolis, S C ^b,c   Despland, E ^b   Simpson, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alternative phenotypes; collective decision; feeding behaviour; forest tent caterpillar; Malacosoma disstria; nutrition

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CATERPILLAR; COLONY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; NUTRITION; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL INSECT;

MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA;

EID: 44949190266     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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