Fruitful symbioses between termites and computers

The living-together of distinct organisms in a single termite nest along with the termite builder colony, is emblematic in its ecological and evolutionary significance. On top of preserving biodiversity, these interspecific and intraspecific symbioses provide useful examples of interindividual associations thought to underly transitions in organic evolution. Being interindividual in nature, such processes may involve emergent phenomena and hence call for analytical solutions provided by computing tools and modelling, as opposed to classical biological methods of analysis. Here we provide selected examples of such solutions, showing that termite studies may profit from a symbiotic-like link with computing science to open up wide and new research avenues in ecology and evolution.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  arXiv: Populations and Evolution

• Publication date

  2016-08-18

• Fields of study

  Biology, Computer Science, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  arXiv 1608.05367
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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