Do Tunnel Patterns of Coptotermes formosanus and Coptotermes gestroi (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) Reflect Different Foraging Strategies?

Tunnel network construction and time to food (wood) discovery by Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki and Coptotermes gestroi (Wasmann) (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) (formerly known as Coptotermes vastator Light in the Pacific region) was examined when wood was present in a clumped distribution that mimic...

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Main Authors: Nirmala K. Hapukotuwa, J. Kenneth Grace
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2014-10-01
Series:Sociobiology
Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/676