Optimal length distribution of termite tunnel branches for efficient food search and resource transportation

BioSystems

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 802-807

  Lee, S H ^a   Bardunias, P ^a   Su, N Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Branching tunnel; Lattice model; Searching and transport efficiency; Termite

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL FAUNA; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TERMITE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ISOPTERA;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 35648930448     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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