Two strategies for optimizing the food encounter rate of termite tunnels simulated by a lattice model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 213, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 381-388

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food encounter rate; Lattice model; Termite; Transition probability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

FOOD ENCOUNTER RATE; LATTICE MODEL; TERMITES; TRANSITION PROBABILITY;

ECOLOGY;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OPTIMIZATION; TERMITE; TUNNEL;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 41149157342     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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