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Information Processing in Social Insects (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999)
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Information Processing in Social Insects (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999)
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Claire Detrain, Jean-Louis Deneubourg and Jacques Pasteels Studies
on insects have been pioneering in major fields of modern biology.
In the 1970 s, research on pheromonal communication in insects gave
birth to the dis cipline of chemical ecology and provided a
scientific frame to extend this approach to other animal groups. In
the 1980 s, the theory of kin selection, which was initially
formulated by Hamilton to explain the rise of eusociality in
insects, exploded into a field of research on its own and found
applications in the under standing of community structures
including vertebrate ones. In the same manner, recent studies,
which decipher the collective behaviour of insect societies, might
be now setting the stage for the elucidation of information
processing in animals. Classically, problem solving is assumed to
rely on the knowledge of a central unit which must take decisions
and collect all pertinent information. However, an alternative
method is extensively used in nature: problems can be collectively
solved through the behaviour of individuals, which interact with
each other and with the environment. The management of information,
which is a major issue of animal behaviour, is interesting to study
in a social life context, as it raises addi tional questions about
conflict-cooperation trade-oft's. Insect societies have proven
particularly open to experimental analysis: one can easily assemble
or disassemble them and place them in controllable situations in
the laboratory."
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