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Title
Scaling of work and energy use in social insect colonies
Authors
Keywords
Division of labor, Group size, Metabolic rate, Task allocation, Metabolic scaling, Social insects
Journal
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY
Volume 70, Issue 7, Pages 1047-1061
Publisher
Springer Nature
Online
2016-03-28
DOI
10.1007/s00265-016-2097-z
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