Collective foraging decision in a gregarious insect

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1577-1587

  Lihoreau, Mathieu ^a,b   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^c   Rivault, Colette ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Collective decision making; Foraging behaviour; Gregarious cockroaches; Retention effect

Indexed keywords

COCKROACH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; EUSOCIALITY; FOOD SELECTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SELF ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77956787554     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0971-7     Document Type: Article

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