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Self-organization in biological systems /
The synchronized flashing of fireflies at night. The spiraling patterns of an aggregating slime mold. The anastomosing network of army-ant trails. The coordinated movements of a school of fish. Researchers are finding in such patterns--phenomena that have fascinated naturalists for centuries--a fert...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
©2001.
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| Colección: | Princeton studies in complexity.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- What is self-organization?
- How self-organization works
- Characteristics of self-organizing systems
- Alternatives to self-organization
- Why self-organization?
- Investigation of self-organization
- Misconceptions about self-organization
- Pattern formation in slime molds and bacteria
- Feeding aggregations of bark beetles
- Synchronized flashing among fireflies
- Fish schooling
- Nectar source selection by honey bees
- Trail formation in ants
- The swarm raids of army ants
- Colony thermoregulation in honey bees
- Comb patterns in honey bee colonies
- Wall building by ants
- Termite mound building
- Construction algorithms in wasps
- Dominance hierarchies in paper wasps
- Lessons, speculations, and the future of self-organization.