The Dynamics of Specialization and Generalization within Biological Populations

DOI10.1142/S0219525998000077zbMATH Open0913.92031MaRDI QIDQ4229253FDOQ4229253

Authors: Andrew J. Spencer, Iain D. Couzin, Nigel R. Franks 

Publication date: 22 April 1999

Published in: Advances in Complex Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

pollinationswitchingsocial insectspredationtask allocationbumblebeesantssearch imagegeneralistsspecialists

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probabilistic models, generic numerical methods in probability and statistics (65C20) Animal behavior (92D50)

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