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Task Partitioning in Insect Societies. II. Use of Queueing Delay Information in Recruitment.
- Source :
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American Naturalist . Nov99, Vol. 154 Issue 5, p536. 13p. 1 Chart, 5 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- Part II. Focuses on a study of task partitioning in social insect societies in regard to the use of queuing delays between foragers and receivers in recruitment in both honeybees and Polybia wasps. Information content and quality of the delays; Use of a stochastic-simulation model in the study; Results and discussion; Conclusion.
- Subjects :
- *INSECT societies
*HONEYBEES
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00030147
- Volume :
- 154
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- American Naturalist
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 2618935
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1086/303256