Information Processing in Social Insects
Contributors: Claire Detrain (Editor); Jean L. Deneubourg (Editor); Jacques M. Pasteels (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Birkhauser
Published: September 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9783764357924
Subjects: Animal behaviour; Insects (entomology); Science; Insect societies; Animal Behavior (Ethology); Arthropoda; Life Sciences - Zoology - General; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Zoology - Entomology; Insects; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Science / Biology; Animal communication; Behavior
First sentence: Social wasp species segregate into two behavioral groups: independent founders, in which queens found new colonies independent of workers, and swarm founders, in which new colonies are founded by swarms comprising several queens accompanied by many workers.