caa a22 4500 469097663 CHVBK 20180323133035.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00317628 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00317628 Jacklyn Peter School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia aut "Magnetic” termite mound surfaces are oriented to suit wind and shade conditions [Elektronische Daten] [Peter Jacklyn] Summary: The termites Amitermes meridionalis and A. laurensis construct remarkable meridional or "magnetic” mounds in northern Australia. These mounds vary geographically in mean orientation in a manner that suggests such variation is an adaptive response to local environmental conditions. Theoretical modelling of solar irradiance and mound rotation experiments show that maintenance of an eastern face temperature plateau during the dry season is the most likely physical basis for the mound orientation response. Subsequent heat transfer analysis shows that habitat wind speed and shading conditions also affect face temperature gradients such as the rate of eastern face temperature change. It is then demonstrated that the geographic variation in mean mound orientation follows the geographic variation in long-term wind speed and shading conditions across northern Australia such that an eastern face temperature plateau is maintained in all locations. Springer-Verlag, 1992 Amitermes meridionalis nationallicence Amitermes laurensis nationallicence Termitaria nationallicence Construction behaviour nationallicence Orientation behaviour nationallicence Oecologia Springer-Verlag 91/3(1992-09-01), 385-395 0029-8549 91:3<385 1992 91 442 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00317628 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00317628 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Jacklyn Peter School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Oecologia Springer-Verlag 91/3(1992-09-01), 385-395 0029-8549 91:3<385 1992 91 442 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer