Citation
Bong, Joseph Choon Fah and King, Patricia Jie Hung
(2013)
Nature's architect.
In:
Nature's Yield and Wonders of Art (NYAWA)13: Insects.
Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, Serdang, Selangor, pp. 60-63.
ISBN 9789679603484
Abstract
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 'quarters' or lamellae which are interconnected by an intricate network of tunnels for instant and efficient communication and accessibility, or escape.
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| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Design and Architecture Putra Science Park |
| Publisher: | Universiti Putra Malaysia Press |
| Keywords: | Insects; Soil mounds; Termites. |
| Depositing User: | Umikalthom Abdullah |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2014 03:25 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2014 03:11 |
| URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32171 |
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