Coming out of the woods: Do termites need a specialized worker caste to search for new food sources?

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 811-819

  Rupf, Thomas ^a   Roisin, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Eusociality; Foraging behavior; Isoptera; Polyethism; Polymorphism; Prorhinotermes; Rhinotermitidae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EUSOCIALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NATURAL SELECTION; POLYETHISM; POLYMORPHISM; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TERMITE; WOOD; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL CASTE; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECT SOCIETY; ISOPTERA; NESTING; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; WOOD; WORKER (INSECT);

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOUSING, ANIMAL; ISOPTERA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ISOPTERA; PRORHINOTERMES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 50849098841     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0387-7     Document Type: Article

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