Why only humans and social insects have a division of labour
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Ecology, evolution and division of labour in social insects
Caste and division of labour have formed the core of the study of the organization of insect societies for the past four decades. Indeed, the description and analysis of task allocation between colony members are fundamental to understanding the organization of a complex biological system whose functioning depends upon the behavioural integration of a potentially large number of individuals. Re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cambridge Journal of Economics
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0309-166X,1464-3545
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bez026