Effect of biotic and abiotic factors on the tunneling behavior of Coptotermes gestroi and Heterotermes tenuis (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-40

  Arab, Alberto ^a,b   Costa Leonardo, Ana Maria ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Foraging; Subterranean termites; Tunneling pattern

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; BURROWING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; TERMITE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FORAGING; ISOPTERA; NONHUMAN; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; ISOPTERA; TEMPERATURE;

COPTOTERMES GESTROI; HETEROTERMES TENUIS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 20444467987     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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