A comparative social network analysis of wasp colonies and classrooms: Linking network structure to functioning

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-55

  Bhadra, Anindita ^a   Jordán, Ferenc ^b,c   Sumana, A ^a   Deshpande, Sujata A ^a   Gadagkar, Raghavendra ^a,d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

^d JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Centrality; Ropalidia; Small world; Social insect

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; ROPALIDIA; ROPALIDIA CYATHIFORMIS; ROPALIDIA MARGINATA;

EID: 58349096919     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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