Nature's architect

In the forest or in an oil palm station, we sometimes see soil mounds that could be up to 1 meter tall. These are termite mounds. The common termite species that is a mound builder is the Macrotermes gilvus Hagen. The mound is actually a sort of 'house' that contains numerous living '...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bong, Joseph Choon Fah, King, Patricia Jie Hung
Format: Book Section
Language:English
English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32171/1/Chapter%205-2.pdf