Information Processing in Social Insects /

The book provides a first comprehensive overview of both experimental and theoretical research on information processing in insect societies. Its purpose is to make the reader familiar with the methodology and ways of thinking followed by scientists at the leading edge of the field. The book is aime...

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Main Author: Detrain, Claire
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Deneubourg, J. L., Pasteels, Jacques M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint : Birkhäuser, 1999.
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Summary:The book provides a first comprehensive overview of both experimental and theoretical research on information processing in insect societies. Its purpose is to make the reader familiar with the methodology and ways of thinking followed by scientists at the leading edge of the field. The book is aimed at postgraduate students and researchers working on social insects and insects that live in groups as well as any reader interested in behavioural ecology, communication and social organization.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:9783034887397 (electronic bk.)
3034887396 (electronic bk.)