Complex dynamics based on a quorum: Decision-making process by cockroaches in a patchy environment

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1150-1161

  Sempo, Grégory ^a   Canonge, Stéphane ^a   Detrain, Claire ^a   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COCKROACH; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SHELTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BLATTARIA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 70449591801     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01699.x     Document Type: Article

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