FIELD OBSERVATIONS OF INTERCOLONY AGGRESSION AND TERRITORY CHANGES IN HETEROTERMES-AUREUS (ISOPTERA, RHINOTERMITIDAE)

被引：13

作者：

JONES, SC

机构：

[1] Southern Forest Experiment Station, Gulfport, 39505, Mississippi

来源：

JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR | 1993年 / 6卷 / 02期

关键词：

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; SONORAN DESERT; SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES; TERRITORIALITY;

D O I：

10.1007/BF01051506

中图分类号：

Q96 [昆虫学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Intercolony aggression was observed for a southwestern desert subterranean termite, Heterotermes aureus (Snyder), in bait plots in a Sonoran Desert grassland in Arizona. Intermittent conflict took place at the sites of corrugated-paper rolls on the boundary between two colonies. Rows of dead termites locked in combat were found within the corrugations, with additional dead termites usually in the soil beneath the roll. Dead soldiers constituted 64 to 100 % of termites recovered from sites of intercolony conflict. Ongoing intercolony aggression is likely involved in the maintenance of discrete H. aureus territories.

引用

页码：225 / 236

页数：12

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