A self-organizing model for task allocation via frequent task quitting and random walks in the honeybee

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 537-547

  Johnson, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Honeybees; Middle age bees; Organization of work; Self organization; Social insects; Task allocation

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; NESTEDNESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL INSECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOREGULATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70349411680     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605373     Document Type: Article

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