A Simple Iterative Model Accurately Captures Complex Trapline Formation by Bumblebees Across Spatial Scales and Flower Arrangements

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Reynolds, Andrew M ^a   Lihoreau, Mathieu ^b   Chittka, Lars ^c  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EMPIRICAL DATA; HEURISTIC MODEL; ITERATIVE IMPROVEMENTS; ITERATIVE MODEL; PREDICTIVE POWER; SIMPLE++; SPATIAL CONFIGURATION; SPATIAL SCALE; STABLE ROUTES; TRAVEL DISTANCE;

TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BUMBLEBEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWER; FORAGING; HEURISTIC MODEL; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 84876009733     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002938     Document Type: Article

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