کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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2427711 | 1105974 | 2008 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Rounding a corner of a bent termite tunnel and tunnel traffic efficiency
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موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری
علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک
علوم دامی و جانورشناسی
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چکیده انگلیسی
Subterranean termites construct underground tunnels, tens to hundreds of feet, to reach feeding sites and to transport food items to their nest. To ensure a high rate food return to the nest, an optimized tunnel should be constructed. We found that termites (Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki) fill the corner of a bent tunnel with soil particles excavated from tunnel tip where their digging behavior is activated. The corner-filling behavior, eventually, made a sharp corner smooth-rounded. In the present study, we showed that the corner-filling behavior could play an important role in improving the tunnel traffic efficiency. To do this, we compared the termites' time spent for passing corners between with a right-angled flat tip (RA-corner), corresponding to the sharp corner, and with a rounded tip (R-corner) corresponding to the smooth-rounded corner. As a result, the passing time in the R-corner was significantly shorter than in the RA-corner. In addition, tunnel width effect was discussed in terms of individual movement.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Behavioural Processes - Volume 77, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 135-138
Journal: Behavioural Processes - Volume 77, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 135-138
نویسندگان
Sang-Hee Lee, Paul Bardunias, Nan-Yao Su,