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PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY
Volume 74, Issue 6, Pages 798-822Publisher
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/323990
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Patterns and rates of air movements in the mounds and nests of Macrotermes michaelseni were studied using tracer methods. Wind is a significant source of energy for powering nest ventilation, despite the mound being a completely enclosed structure. Nests are ventilated by a tidal movement of air driven by temporal variation in wind speed and wind direction. Density gradients sufficiently steep to drive bulk flow by natural convection will be rare. However, metabolism-induced buoyant forces may interact with wind energy in a way that promotes homeostasis of the mound atmosphere.
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