THE SELF-ORGANIZING EXPLORATORY PATTERN OF THE ARGENTINE ANT

被引：495

作者：

DENEUBOURG, JL

ARON, S

GOSS, S

PASTEELS, JM

机构：

[1] Unit of Behavioural Ecology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, 1050

来源：

JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR | 1990年 / 3卷 / 02期

关键词：

Argentine ant; exploration; Iridomyrmex humilis; mathematical model; self-organization; swarm pattern;

D O I：

10.1007/BF01417909

中图分类号：

Q96 [昆虫学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Workers of the Argentine ant, Iridomyrmex humilis, start to explore a chemically unmarked territory randomly. As the exploratory front advances, other explorers are recruited and a trail extends from it to the nest. Whereas recruitment trails are generally constructed between two points, these exploratory trails have no fixed destination, and strongly resemble the foraging patterns of army ants. A minimal model shows how the exploratory pattern may be generated by the individual workers' simple trail-laying and -following behavior, illustrating how complex collective structures in insect colonies may be based on self-organization. © 1990 Plenum Publishing Corporation.

引用

页码：159 / 168

页数：10

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