Kinetics of Aggregate Formation in Social Insects |
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Authors: | S C Nicolis |
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Institution: | (1) Biology Department, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke W., Montreal, PQ, H4B 1R6, Canada |
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Abstract: | A model for the kinetics of aggregation in social insects which accounts for stochastic effects arising from individual variability
and covers both the early and the mature stages of the process is developed. Different aggregation scenarios are studied,
depending on the degree of cooperativity and the mean population density. It is shown that under certain conditions, the system
evolves slowly to a single cluster incorporating all individuals, or to two coexisting clusters of similar sizes.
Present address: Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, OX1 3PS Oxford, UK. |
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Keywords: | Social insects Aggregation kinetics Stochasticity Clusters competition |
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