Stigmergy, collective actions, and animal social spacing

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 16904-16909

  Giuggioli, Luca ^a   Potts, Jonathan R ^a   Rubenstein, Daniel I ^b   Levin, Simon A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal space use; Delayed response; Home range; Movement ecology; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPACE; STIMULUS;

ANIMAL SPACE USE; DELAYED RESPONSE; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT ECOLOGY; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84885826351     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1307071110     Document Type: Article

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