Gadagkar, R (2020) Cooperation in Social Insects. [Book Chapter]
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Abstract
Many species of insects, such as ants, bees, wasps and termites, organize themselves into societies that parallel, and sometimes better, human societies. They have impressive levels of social organization, communication, division of labor, cooperation and conflict, altruism and self-sacrifice, policing and punishment, and learning and teaching. They can accomplish feats in warfare with neighboring colonies or feats of internal cooperation such as the construction of sophisticated nests or mounds, which are impossible for individual colony members. They are organized into colonies whose sizes range from a few individuals up to a million or more, occupying from a few centimeters to hundreds of square kilometers (Fig. 1).
| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
| Additional Information: | copyright to this article belongs to Springer |
| Keywords: | Social insects, Cooperation, Social organization, Policing |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2021 10:53 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Mar 2021 10:53 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/68393 |
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