Group size and its effects on collective organization

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 123-141

  Dornhaus, Anna ^a   Powell, Scott ^a   Bengston, Sarah ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste; Colony size; Communication; Division of labor; Scaling; Self organization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; INSECT; NESTING; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; INSECTS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 83455205914     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-120710-100604     Document Type: Article

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