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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...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Hauptverfasser: King, Hunter, Ocko, Samuel, Mahadevan, L.
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: National Academy of Sciences 2015
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4577200/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26316023
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1423242112
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