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Building mud castles: a perspective from brick-laying termites

Animal constructions such as termite mounds have received scrutiny by architects, structural engineers, soil scientists and behavioural ecologists but their basic building blocks remain uncharacterized and the criteria used for material selection unexplored. By conducting controlled experiments on O...

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Published in:Sci Rep
Main Authors: Zachariah, Nikita, Das, Aritra, Murthy, Tejas G., Borges, Renee M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5498601/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28680035
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04295-3
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