
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jacklyn, P. M. 
A1  - Munro, U. 
T1  - Evidence for the use of magnetic cues in mound construction by the termite <emph type="2">Amitermes</emph> <emph type="2">meridionalis</emph> (Isoptera : Termitinae)
JF  - Australian Journal of Zoology
JO  - Aust. J. Zool.
Y1  - 2002
VL  - 50
IS  - 4
SP  - 357
EP  - 368
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO01061 
N2  - The termite Amitermes meridionalis builds meridionally elongated mounds. We removed the tops of such mounds and then allowed the termites to repair their mounds in the natural geomagnetic field and in artificial magnetic fields with different magnetic declinations. Cross-sections of repaired mounds were taken and the arrangement of the small, elongated cells that form the basis of mound architecture was assessed. The results suggest that the termites align mound cells along the existing axis of the mound and the cardinal axes of the horizontal component of the applied magnetic field. 
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