Termite mounds harness diurnal temperature oscillations for ventilation
Many species of millimetric fungus-harvesting termites collectively build uninhabited, massive mound structures enclosing a network of broad tunnels that protrude from the ground meters above their subterranean nests. It is widely accepted that the purpose of these mounds is to give the colony a con...
Main Authors: | King, Hunter, Ocko, Samuel Alan, Mahadevan, L. |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
2016
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102259 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1069-008X |
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