Optimality in a partitioned task performed by social insects

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 627-629

  Burd, Martin ^a   Howard, Jerome J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Atta colombica; Foraging; Leaf cutting ant; Optimality; Task partitioning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNGUS; LEAF; OPTIMIZATION; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; INSECT SOCIETY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTA; ATTA COLUMBICA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 58149242633     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0398     Document Type: Article

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