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Division of labor as a bipartite network

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  • Cristian Pasquaretta
  • Raphaël Jeanson
  • Luke HolmanHandling editor

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We present metrics developed in community ecology that are relevant to quantify division of labor, which is a recurrent feature of insect societies. Under a network perspective, workers are connected to the tasks they are engaged in and tasks are linked to the workers that perform them. Because workers and tasks belong to different classes, division of labor can be modeled as a bipartite network.

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  • Cristian Pasquaretta & Raphaël Jeanson & Luke HolmanHandling editor, 2018. "Division of labor as a bipartite network," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 29(2), pages 342-352.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:beheco:v:29:y:2018:i:2:p:342-352.
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    1. Thomas O. Richardson & Nathalie Stroeymeyt & Alessandro Crespi & Laurent Keller, 2022. "Two simple movement mechanisms for spatial division of labour in social insects," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-15, December.

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