Artigo
Growth rate of the mounds of Nasutitermes sp. (Isoptera: Termitidae)
Fecha
1999-12-01Registro en:
Sociobiology, v. 34, n. 3, p. 525-531, 1999.
0361-6525
WOS:000082744200009
2-s2.0-0033424951
3384554771252347
Autor
Universidade Estadual do Centro Oeste (UNICENTRO)
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Resumen
The growth rate of mounds of Nasutitermes sp. was evaluated by taking monthly measurements of the diameter and the height of ten mounds during twelve months. Through these data, the monthly volumes were calculated for each of them and, later, a dispersion diagram between the volume of each mound and the number of days from the first observation was obtained. From this diagram, it was observed that during the 335 days of observation, the rate of growth of these mounds was null.