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Toyoizumi, Hiroshi and Field, Jeremy (2014) Dynamics of social queues. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 346. pp. 16-22. ISSN 0022-5193
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.12.017
Abstract
Queues formed by social wasps to inherit the dominant position in the nest are analyzed by using a transient quasi-birth-and-death (QBD) process. We show that the extended nest lifespan due to division of labor between queen and helpers has a big impact on nest productivity.
Item Type: | Article |
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Schools and Departments: | School of Life Sciences > Evolution, Behaviour and Environment |
Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH0301 Biology |
Depositing User: | Tom Gittoes |
Date Deposited: | 09 Mar 2015 14:49 |
Last Modified: | 03 Jul 2019 02:01 |
URI: | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/53274 |
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