Spatial and temporal organisation within ant societies
In this thesis the organisation of colonies of the ant, Temnothorax albipennis, is investigated with a special focus on their spatial and temporal statistics. Individual-based modelling combined with analyses of experimental data are used extensively to infer the mechanisms that govern individual an...
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University of the West of England, Bristol
2010
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.557142 |