Speed versus accuracy in decision-making ants: Expediting politics and policy implementation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1518, 2009, Pages 845-852

  Franks, Nigel R ^a   Dechaume Moncharmont, François Xavier ^a,b   Hanmore, Emma ^a   Reynolds, Jocelyn K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Collective behaviour; Context dependent behaviour; Emigration; Group movement; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ANT; DECISION MAKING; EMIGRATION; GROUP BEHAVIOR; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

FORMICIDAE; LEPTOTHORAX ALBIPENNIS;

EID: 60349126187     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0224     Document Type: Article

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