Tunnelling behaviour of the Asian subterranean termite in heterogeneous soils: Presence of cues in the foraging area

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1269-1278

  Lima, Juliana Toledo ^a   Costa Leonardo, Ana Maria ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coptotermes gestroi; Defence behaviour; Food search; Foraging; Guideline; Isoptera; Passageway; Rhinotermitidae; Termite; Tunnelling behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BURROWING; CHEMICAL CUE; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DROUGHT; FLOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; PHOTOGRAPH; SOLDIER CASTE; SUBSTRATE; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TERMITE;

COPTOTERMES GESTROI; HETEROTERMES TENUIS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 84859703005     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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