Information Processing in Social Insects

"This book provides a synthesis of present research on information processing in insect societies. The first section concentrates on information flows between nestmates and group size effect on the regulation of task allocation. The second section focuses on perception and behavioural response thresholds. The structuring role of these thresholds in social life as well as their determinants is discussed extensively. The last two sections develop different though complementary approaches which either put the stress on the individual complexity of information management or refer to some simplicity of decision rules associated with amplifying phenomena." "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."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved