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J Chem Ecol

Title:		Trail-following behavior ofReticulitermes hesperus Banks (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
Author(s):		Grace JK; Wood DL; Frankie GW;
Address:		"Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, M5S 1A1, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1988
Volume:		14
Issue:		2
Page Number:		653 - 667
DOI:		10.1007/BF01013913
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The behavior ofReticulitermes hesperus Banks pseudergates (workers) was assessed on artificial trails containing different concentrations of sternal gland extract. On nongiadient trails, more pseudergates were recruited to trails of greater pheromone concentration, they traveled a greater distance without pausing, and their rate of locomotion increased over that observed on trails of lesser concentration (positive orthokinesis). Of the individuals pausing before completing trails of high concentration, fewer left the trails or reversed direction (negative klinokinesis) than on trails of lower concentration. Termites walking down concentration gradients failed to complete these trails to the low-concentration termini. At a point representing an average decrease of slightly more than 10-fold in the original concentration of pheromone, individuals reversed their direction of travel and returned to the high-concentration terminus. Termites walking up pheromone gradients proceeded to the high-concentration termini without reversing direction.R. hesperus pseudergates are thus able to orient along a gradient of trail pheromone by longitudinal klinotaxis"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEGrace, J K Wood, D L Frankie, G W eng 1988/02/01 J Chem Ecol. 1988 Feb; 14(2):653-67. doi: 10.1007/BF01013913"