Local behavioral rules sustain the cell allocation pattern in the combs of honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera)

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 336, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-86

  Montovan, Kathryn J ^a   Karst, Nathaniel ^b   Jones, Laura E ^a   Seeley, Thomas D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete time dynamics; Latin hypercube analysis; Self organization

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLONY; HONEYBEE; LOCATION-ALLOCATION MODEL; MODELING; PREGNANCY; SELF ORGANIZATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMB; GESTATION PERIOD; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PARAMETERS; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BEE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; HONEY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HONEY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84882281983     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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