Persistent variation in spatial behavior affects the structure and function of interaction networks

Current Zoology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 98-106

  Pinter Wollman, Noa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b University of California San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Collective behavior; Complex system; Personality; Self organization; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84921862277     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/61.1.98     Document Type: Article

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