Understanding Colonial Traits Using Symbiosis Research and Ecosystem Ecology

Biological Theory

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 240-246

  Bouchard, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

adaptation; biological individuality; colony; ecology; emergence; social insects

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956012939     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/biot.2009.4.3.240     Document Type: Article

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