Social Insect Networks
- 26 September 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 301 (5641) , 1867-1870
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1088945
Abstract
Social insect colonies have many of the properties of adaptive networks. The simple rules governing how local interactions among individuals translate into group behaviors are found across social groups, giving social insects the potential to have a profound impact on our understanding of the interplay between network dynamics and social evolution.Keywords
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