Social insect networks

Jennifer Fewell

doi:10.1126/science.1088945

Social insect networks

Jennifer Fewell

Life Sciences, School of (SOLS)

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1867-1870
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	301
Issue number	5641
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1088945
State	Published - Sep 26 2003

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