Spatial patterns in ant colonies. Export

@article{Theraulaz02, abstract = {The origins of large-scale spatial patterns in biology have been an important source of theoretical speculation since the pioneering work by Turing (1952) on the chemical basis of morphogenesis. Knowing how these patterns emerge and their functional role is important to our understanding of the evolution of biocomplexity and the role played by self organization. However, so far, conclusive evidence for local activation-long-range inhibition mechanisms in real biological systems has been elusive. Here a well-defined experimental and theoretical analysis of the pattern formation dynamics exhibited by clustering behavior in ant colonies is presented. These experiments and a simple mathematical model show that these colonies do indeed use this type of mechanism. All microscopic variables have been measured and provide the first evidence, to our knowledge, for this type of self-organized behavior in complex biological systems, supporting early conjectures about its role in the organization of insect societies.}, author = {Theraulaz, G. and Bonabeau, E. and Nicolis, S. C. and Sol\'{e}, R. V. and Fourcassi\'{e}, V. and Blanco, S. and Fournier, R. and Joly, J. L. and Fern\'{a}ndez, P. and Grimal, A. and Dalle, P. and Deneubourg, J. L.}, citeulike-article-id = {3564489}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.152302199}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12114538}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=12114538}, day = {23}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.152302199}, issn = {0027-8424}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, keywords = {aggregation, ants, cimetery, controlled-experiment, experiment, self-organization}, month = {July}, number = {15}, pages = {9645--9649}, posted-at = {2008-11-22 21:29:43}, priority = {2}, title = {Spatial patterns in ant colonies.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.152302199}, volume = {99}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - Theraulaz02 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3564489 N2 - The origins of large-scale spatial patterns in biology have been an important source of theoretical speculation since the pioneering work by Turing (1952) on the chemical basis of morphogenesis. Knowing how these patterns emerge and their functional role is important to our understanding of the evolution of biocomplexity and the role played by self organization. However, so far, conclusive evidence for local activation-long-range inhibition mechanisms in real biological systems has been elusive. Here a well-defined experimental and theoretical analysis of the pattern formation dynamics exhibited by clustering behavior in ant colonies is presented. These experiments and a simple mathematical model show that these colonies do indeed use this type of mechanism. All microscopic variables have been measured and provide the first evidence, to our knowledge, for this type of self-organized behavior in complex biological systems, supporting early conjectures about its role in the organization of insect societies. IS - 15 JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences SN - 0027-8424 EP - 9649 TI - Spatial patterns in ant colonies. VL - 99 SP - 9645 KW - aggregation KW - ants KW - cimetery KW - controlled-experiment KW - experiment KW - self-organization AU - Theraulaz, G AU - Bonabeau, E AU - Nicolis, SC AU - Solé, RV AU - Fourcassié, V AU - Blanco, S AU - Fournier, R AU - Joly, JL AU - Fernández, P AU - Grimal, A AU - Dalle, P AU - Deneubourg, JL PY - 2002/07/23/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.152302199 ER -