Insights from insects about adaptive social information use

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 177-184

  Grüter, Christoph ^a,c   Leadbeater, Ellouise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GENOMICS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INSECT; LEARNING; RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; INSECTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84896709770     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.01.004     Document Type: Review

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