A constraint condition for foraging strategy in subterranean termites

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Previous studies have explored the relationship between termite branch tunnel geometry and foraging efficiency in a model simulation in which foraging efficiency,., for two termite species, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki and Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), was investigated in response to two variables, the probability of tunnel branching (P(branch)) and the probability of tunnel branch termination (P(term)). It was found that simulated tunnel patterns based on empirical data did not have maximum foraging efficiency. We hypothesized that termites could increase their foraging efficiency in response to landscape heterogeneity. The present study investigated how termites could control the two variables, P(branch) and P(term), in response to the external environment in terms of tunnel network connectivity. It was found that the best simulated strategy for C. formosanus and R. flavipes termites would occur if both P(branch) and P(term) were increased together. This study provides possible mechanisms for foraging strategies in subterranean termites and a baseline for future empirical work.
Publisher
UNIV ARIZONA
Issue Date
2010-09
Language
English
Article Type
Article
Keywords

MARGINAL VALUE THEOREM; FOOD ENCOUNTER RATE; ALGEBRAIC CONNECTIVITY; RHINOTERMITIDAE; ISOPTERA; TUNNEL; BEHAVIOR; SEARCH; DENSITY; LENGTH

Citation

JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE, v.10

ISSN
1536-2442
DOI
10.1673/031.010.14106
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10203/192962
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ME-Journal Papers(저널논문)
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