Self-amplification as a source of interindividual variability: Shelter selection in cockroaches

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 976-982

  Canonge, Stéphane ^a   Sempo, Gregory ^a   Jeanson, Raphael ^b   Detrain, Claire ^a   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

Cockroach; Interindividual variability; Power law; Self amplification; Shelter selection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLIFICATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COCKROACH; CONSPECIFIC; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; POWER LAW; PROBABILITY; RESTING STAGE; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SHELTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; MALE; PERIPLANETA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MALE; PERIPLANETA;

BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 70249123790     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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