Interactive robots in experimental biology

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 369-375

  Krause, Jens ^a,b   Winfield, Alan F T ^c   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD SURVEY; LEARNING; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; INSTRUMENTATION; LEARNING; MATE CHOICE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; LEARNING; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79958746204     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.03.015     Document Type: Review

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