The structure of gallery networks in the nests of termite Cubitermes spp. revealed by X-ray tomography

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 877-884

  Perna, Andrea ^a   Jost, Christian ^a   Couturier, Etienne ^b   Valverde, Sergi ^a,c   Douady, Stéphane ^b   Theraulaz, Guy ^a  

^a Université de Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal architectures; Computer tomography; Cubitermes nests; Networks; Social insects; Termite mounds

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; GRAPHICAL METHOD; NEST STRUCTURE; SOCIAL INSECT; TERMITE; TOMOGRAPHY; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; INSECT SOCIETY; ISOPTERA; NEST PREDATION; NEST SUCCESS; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ANIMALS; ARCHITECTURE AS TOPIC; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENT; ISOPTERA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ANIMALIA; CUBITERMES; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 50849090938     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0388-6     Document Type: Article

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