The Dynamics of Specialization and Generalization within Biological Populations

DOI10.1142/S0219525998000077MaRDI QIDQ4229253zbMATH OpenFDO

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)

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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