The origin of nest complexity in social insects

Abstract

Guy Theraulaz is a CNRS (Centre Nationalde la Recherche Scientifique) fellow andis currently at the Ethology and AnimalPsychology Laboratory, Paul Sabatier Uni-versity in Toulouse, France. Eric Bonabeauis the Interval Research Fellow at the SantaFe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Jean-Louis Deneubourg is a Lecturer at theUniversite Libre de Bruxelles and a fellowof the Belgian FNRS. He is currently run-ning the Theoretical Behavioral Ecologyunit at the Non-Linear Phenomena andComplex Systems Study Center.